Directors of Shoto-kai
Chairman of Broad of Directors: Hidemitsu Nakao
December 16, 1943 Born in Oita Prefecture, Japan
- Academic & Work History
- March, 1966 Graduated from the Economics Department of Kyushu University.
- April, 1966 Started working for Mitsui Bank Co.
- June, 1994 Director and manager of Human Resources of The Sakura Bank, Limited.
- June, 1997 Managing Director of The Sakura Bank, Limited.
- April, 2001 Managing Director and an Executive Operating Officer at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Co.
- December, 2002 CEO of Horai Co., Ltd.
- December, 2008 Chairman of Horai Co., Ltd.
- December, 2012 Supreme Advisor of Horai Co., Ltd.
- December, 2014 Part-time Consultant of Horai Co., Ltd.
- Karate Do History
- 1976 Joined Mitsui Karatedo Kai of the former Shotokan Honbu office located in Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo. He organized Mitsui Bank Karatedo Club, which is now called Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Karatedo Club and became the officer of the branch.
- 2007 Vice-Chairman of NPO Nihon Karatedo Shotokai.
- July, 2015 Instructor of the Honbu dojo.
- July, 2016 Chairman of Broad of Directors of NPO Nihon Karatedo Shotokai.
Directors of Shoto-kan
President (concurrently as the Director of Shoto-kai): Yoshinori Takita
June 15, 1945 Born in Tokyo, Japan
April, 1964 Entered Chuo University Faculty of Commerce. He joined the Karate club and studied Karate under Shigeru Egami sensei, Motonobu Hironishi sensei,Jotaro Takagi sensei and Motohiro Yanagisawa sensei.
April, 1967 Vice-Captain of the Karate club of ChuoUniversity.
June, 1994 Judge of the Honbu office of Shotokan.
October, 1997 Vice Head instructor of Shotokan.
April, 1998 Supervisor of the Karate club of Chuo University and resigned in March, 2011.
April, 2005 (to present) Opened Takita Karatedo Kyoshitsu,which is a Karate group to support the healthy upbringing of children.
March, 2006 Vice-Chairman of NPO Nihon Karatedo Shotokai.
June, 2013 Representative Director of Takita Motors Limited.
April, 2014 Chief of Tokyo-to Nakano fire company.
July, 2016 – present President of Shotokan.
November, To be appointed Chuo University Karate Club Shihan.
Chief Instructor (concurrently as the Vice Chairman , Broad of Directors of Shoto-kai): Kiyoshi Akutsu
1943 Born in Tochigi Prefecture. Trained in karate at Tokyu Karate Dojo.
1979 Became a director of Shoto-kai.
1979 Became an instructor of Tokyu karate dojo and the president of Shin-i-kai.
1996 Became a vice-chief instructor of Shoto-kan.
2016 Became a Chief instructor of Shoto-kan.
Vice-chief Instructor (concurrently as the Director of Shoto-kai): Yukinari Iwaki
1943 Born in Tokyo.
1962 Entered Gakushuin University and its Karate-do Club.
1993 Became a director of Shoto-kai.
1996 Became a vice-chief instructor of Shoto-kan.
Vice-chief Instructor (concurrently as the Director of Shoto-kai): Junichi Yamamoto
1946 Born in Tokyo.
1965 Entered Chuo University and its Karate-do Club.
Became a instructor of Shoto-kan.
2016 Became a vice-chief instructor of Shoto-kan.
Vice-chief Instructor : Fusando Sanada
1947 Born in Chiba Prefecture.
1966 Entered Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and its Karate-do Club.
1984 Became a Branch chief of Tateyama Shibu(branch).
2016 Became a vice-chief instructor of Shoto-kan.