Moriteru Ueshiba

3rd Doshu

植芝守央

Born

2 April 1951, Tokyo

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

aikido

Occupation

aikidoka, dōshu, martial artist, teacher, engineer

Moriteru Ueshiba (植芝 守央, Ueshiba Moriteru; born 2 April 1951) is a Japanese teacher of aikido. He is a grandson of Morihei Ueshiba and son of Kisshomaru Ueshiba. Ueshiba is the third and current Dōshu.

Awards and honours

• Order of Friendship

Teachers

• Kisshomaru Ueshiba

Students

• Mitsuteru Ueshiba

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q382028 (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.