Masanobu Kikukawa

Masanobu Kikukawa
Born	1954 Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan
Residence	B.C canada
Style	Shorin-ryu Shinkokai
Teacher(s)	Sokuichi Gibu, Seiki Toma, Ikehara
Rank	Hanshi, 9th Dan
Website	http://www.kiku.ca

Masanobu Kikukawa（喜久川政信） Hanshi is an Okinawan martial artist and chairman of the Shorin-ryu Shinkokai style of Okinawan Karate.^[1] Kikukawa was a longtime student of Sokuichi Gibu Hanshi and Seiki Toma Hanshi before co-founding Shinkokai along with colleague Tatsunori Azuma in 1985. In the early 1990s, Kikukawa emigrated to Victoria, British Columbia where he founded the Canadian division of Shinkokai while Tatunori Azuma（東辰徳） continued representing the organization in Okinawa. Currently Kikukawa is the only native Okinawan Karate master residing and teaching traditional Shorin-ryu Karate in Canada.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ Okinawa Shorin-ryu Karate Victoria Kikukawa Bio
2. ^ Shintokukai Karate & Kobudo David Walker Bio
3. ^ Academy of okinawa karate

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Name	Kikukawa, Masanobu
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Date of birth	1954
Place of birth	Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan
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