Morihei Ueshiba
Japanese aikidoka (1883-1969)
植芝盛平 · 우에시바 모리헤이
- Born
- 14 December 1883, Tanabe
- Died
- 26 April 1969, Tokyo
- Citizenship
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Sport
- aikido
- Occupation
- sensei, aikidoka, military personnel, martial artist
- Height
- 156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平, Ueshiba Morihei; December 14, 1883 – April 26, 1969) was a Japanese martial artist and founder of the martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as "the founder" Kaiso (開祖) or Ōsensei (大先生/翁先生), "Great Teacher".
Awards and honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon 1960
- Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class 1964
- Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class 1969
Teachers
Students
- Masamichi Noro
- Kisshomaru Ueshiba
- Morihiro Saito
- Kenji Shimizu
- Kazuo Chiba
- Gozo Shioda
- Hirokazu Kobayashi
- Yoshimitsu Yamada
- Hitohiro Saito
- Kenshiro Abbe
- Alan Ruddock
- Gaku Homma
- Manzo Iwata
- Mitsunari Kanai
- Minoru Mochizuki
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q182130 (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.