Nobuyoshi Tamura

Japanese aikidoka

田村 信喜 · 田村信喜 · 다무라 노부요시

Born

2 March 1933, Osaka

Died

9 July 2010, Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume

Citizenship

Japan, France

Sport

aikido

Occupation

aikidoka

Nobuyoshi Tamura (田村 信喜, Tamura Nobuyoshi; 2 March 1933 in Osaka – 9 July 2010) was a prominent aikidoka and a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba. The son of a kendo teacher, Tamura entered the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1953 as an uchi-deshi (live-in student) of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. He was one of Ueshiba's favorite pupils and since 1964 has greatly contributed to the development of aikido in Europe and France in particular. He was the National Technical Director (DTN) of the FFAB (French Federation of Aikido and Budō). He held the rank of 8th dan and the title of Shihan. Throughout his teaching career he trained many others instructors in various countries around the world but foremost Western Europe. In 1999, he received the medal of "Chevalier de l'ordre National du Mérite" from the French government. Tamura published several books on aikido in French. His dojo, Shumeikan Dojo, is located in the village of Bras, France.

His former students include Jorge Rojo Gutierrez, Toshiro Suga, Pierre Chassang and Alain Peyrache.

Awards and honours

• Knight of the National Order of Merit

Students

• Pierre Chassang

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q201025 (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.