Mitsugi Saotome

Japanese aikidoka

五月女貢

Born

7 March 1937

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

aikido

Occupation

aikidoka

Mitsugi Saotome (五月女 貢, Saotome Mitsugi) (born in 1937) is a Japanese aikido teacher currently living in the United States. He was a direct disciple of the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba.

Teachers

• Morihei Ueshiba

Students

• Hiroshi Ikeda

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q2614365 (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.