Japan Karate Association Organisational Structure
The Japan Karate Association is the only independent karate entity legally and officially recognised by the Japanese government as an association of members (Shadan Hojin) for the promotion of karate. There is only one other authorised entity which falls under the umbrella of the JKA: the JKA World Federation (JKA/WF). No other organisation shares this status. Likewise, the JKA is not dependent upon or subordinate to any other group, organisation or entity. However, there are instances in which the JKA cooperates of its own volition with other organisations in an equal stance. For the most part, the JKA is centrally organised and coordinated through Tokyo JKA HQ, although there are both National and Regional headquarters in most areas around the world.
JKA Organization
| Chairman | Kusahara Katsuhide | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Managing Director | Izumiya Seizo | ||
| Board of Directors | Araki Kiyoshi | Izumiya Seizo | Ibuki Bunmei |
| Iwata Yoshiaki | Ueki Masaaki | Oishi Takeshi | |
| Ota Akihiro | Ogura Yasunori | Kitai Kumiko | |
| Kusahara Katsuhide | Shina Katsutoshi | Terawaki Kazumine | |
| Nishino Shuhei | Furuhata Kimiyuki | Matsuura Koichiro | |
| Mitsuhori Haruki | Yano Kenji | Yamamoto Hidekazu | |
| Yokouchi Takehisa | Yoshida Kanji | – | |
| Auditors | Ouchi Takami | Okazaki Masanori | – |
| Advisor | Hasumi Keiichi | ||
| Counsellors | Otsu Naonosuke | Hoshino Muneyasu | – |
| Company Friends | Kon Matsuo | ||
International Board of Directors
| Honorary Chairman | Kusahara Katsuhide | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Instructor | Ueki Masaaki | ||
| Senior Executive Director | Izumiya Seizo | ||
| Directors | Takahashi Shu (North America Region) | Inoue Mitsuo(South America Region) | Ochi Hideo(Europe Region) |
| Jorgen Bura(Europe Region) | Daniel Gombe(Africa Region) | Omura Fujikiyo(Asia-Pacific Region) | |
| Oishi Takeshi (Instructors Committee) | Yano Kenji (Instructors Committee) | Ogura Yasunori (Instructors Committee) | |
| Imamura Tomio(Instructors Committee) | Shina Katsutoshi (Instructors Committee) | Hanzaki Yasuo(Instructors Committee) | |
| Naka Tatsuya (Instructors Committee) | Taniyama Takuya(Instructors Committee) | Imura Takenori(Instructors Committee) | |
| Kurasako Kenro (Instructors Committee) | Mori Toshihiro (Instructors Committee) | Kano Tadahiko (Instructors Committee) | |
| Mera Junichi(Instructors Committee) | |||
Shihankai
| Chief Instructor | Ueki Masaaki | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Chief Instructor | Oishi Takeshi | ||
| Vice Chief Instructor | Ogura Yasunori | Imamura Tomio | – |
| Technical Advisor | Mikami Takayuki | ||
| Honorary members of Shihankai Committee | Sakai Ryusuke | Tanaka Masahiko | Iida Norihiko |
| Members of Shihankai Committee | Ueki Masaaki | Osaka Yoshiharu | Oishi Takeshi |
| Takahashi Yasuoki | Kashimoto Kazuyoshi | Hashiguchi Shinobu | |
| Yano Kenji | Otsu Naonosuke | Mori Toshihiro | |
| Imura Takenori | Kurasako Kenro | Kawawada Minoru | |
| Ogura Yasunori | Imamura Tomio | Izumiya Seizo | |
| Shiina Katsutoshi | Hanzaki Yasuo | Naka Tatsuya | |
| Taniyama Takuya | Nishino Shuhei | Sasamoto Juro | |
| Nakayama Hiroshige | Mera Junichi | Kanai Seikon | |
| Kawasaki Isao | Takahashi Kuniya | Seto Kensuke | |
| Mitsuhori Haruki | Yazawa Toshihiko | Kamino Masaru | |
| Watanabe Yasuyuki | Kano Tadahiko | Okajima Toshio | |
| Ichihashi Takuzo | Kishine Tsunemori | Nakatsuka Kiyoshi | |
| Kumagaya Shozo | Matsubara Hideo | Takahashi Kazuo | |
| Sawada Tadao | Shirai Kyoji | Kato Buko | |
| Matsui Hideto | Tanaka Shizuo | Iwata Yoshiaki | |
| Katano Yutaka | Goukon Ikuo | ||
| Kanjikai | Ueki Masaaki | Oishi Takeshi | Imura Takenori |
| Kurasako Kenro | Kawawada Minoru | Ogura Yasunori | |
| Imamura Tomio | Izumiya Seizo | Shiina Katsutoshi | |
| Shihankai Member | Takahashi Satoshi | Kobayashi Kunio | Matsukura Toru |
| Yokouchi Takehisa | Sasaki Kietsu | Suzuki Tomohiro | |
| Hata Yoshihide | Taniguchi Takao | Nozaki Tsutomu | |
| Kasahara Tetsuo | Yui Shuji | Nagamori Shigeru | |
| Kawakami Hiroki | Nakajima Masashi | Okada Hiroshi | |
| Sasanuma Mitsuo | Mashimo Haruhiko | Sasaki Masaki | |
| Makanai Masanobu | Nishimura Kazuhiro | Nozaki Susumu | |
| Nemoto Isao | Koide Masao | Shinomiya Yuji | |
| Komiya Koji | Shoji kaiei | Tanigawa Yukio | |
| Kouda Iwao | Otani Shosuke | Kondo Masahiko | |
| Azu Kazuo | Orime Tetsuya | Morita Masaaki | |
| Morita Koji | Sasaki Kiyoshi | Yasuzato Masayoshi | |
| Kochi Norisato | Watanabe Kuniyoshi | Sakurai Yasuo | |
| Yamada Mitsuo | Araki Kiyoshi | Hiraishi kiichi | |
| Aihara Tomoyuki | Yamamoto Eiichi | Fujita Masaharu | |
| Furuta Masanori | Nagao Moriyasu | Miura Kazuharu | |
| Matsuwaka Masakatsu | Yotsui Mikio | Furukawa Teruo | |
| Koga Keizo | Yamamoto Katsuhiro | Hashiguchi Yuji | |
| Hashiguchi Tadashi | Kisaka Katsuharu | Takahashi Shu | |
| Ochi Hideo | Sawada Kazuhiro | Sergio Gneo | |
| Naito Takeshi | Jorgen Bura | Ted Hedlund | |
| Jose Pacheco | Aoki Osamu | Saeki Minoru | |
| Keith Geyer | Jim Wood | Ota Yoshinobu | |
| Machida Yoshizo | Inoue Mitsuo | Krepsz Janos | |
| Geir Arild Larsen | |||