Kazuo Chiba

Japanese aikidoka (1940–2015)

千葉和雄

Born

5 February 1940, Tochigi Prefecture

Died

5 June 2015, San Diego

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Sport

aikido

Discipline

karate

Occupation

aikidoka

Kazuo Chiba (千葉和雄 also T.K. Chiba; February 5, 1940 – June 5, 2015) was a Japanese aikido teacher and founder of Birankai International. He served for seven years as uchideshi at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo before being dispatched abroad to help develop Aikido internationally. He held an 8th dan in Aikido, issued by Aikikai world headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and was active in Aikido for over 50 years.

Teachers

• Morihei Ueshiba

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q675941 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.