Hanshi Kikukawa and Kyoshi Soysa

Okinawa Shorinryu Karate Shinkokai and Kobudo Association, India

Hanshi Masanobu Kikukawa with Hanshi Gibu and Hanshi Gibo

Hanshi Masanobu Kikukawa, 9th Dan Red Belt.
6th Degree Black Belt in Ryukyu Kobudo; 3rd Degree Black Belt in Judo;  3rd Degree Black Belt in Aikijutsu

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