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Chiba (千葉^?) may refer to:

Places[link]

• Chiba, Chiba, capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan
• Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on the eastern coast of Honshū Island, Japan
• Chiba Station, a train station in Chiba, Chiba
• Chiba Castle, a castle in Kumamoto, Japan

People[link]

• Akira Chiba, president of The Pokémon Company
• Chiba Ginko, a gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Kaori Chiba (born 1981), Japanese field hockey player
• Kazuo Chiba (born 1940), Japanese Aikido teacher
• Keiko Chiba (born 1948), Japanese Minister of Justice
• Reiko Chiba (born 1975), Japanese actress
• Ryohei Chiba (born 1984), Japanese singer
• Saeko Chiba (born 1977), Japanese voice actress
• Saïd Chiba (born 1970), Moroccan footballer
• Shigetane Chiba, a Japanese military commander
• Shigeru Chiba (born 1954; also known as Masaharu Maeda), Japanese voice actor
• Chiba Shusaku Narimasa (1794–1856), founder of the Hokushin Itto school of swordsmanship
• Sonny Chiba (born 1939; also known as Shin'ichi Chiba), Japanese actor
• Susumu Chiba (born 1970), Japanese voice actor
• Teisuke Chiba (1917–1965), photographer
• Tetsuya Chiba (born 1939), Japanese manga artist
• Chiba clan, a Japanese clan
• Tsunetane Chiba, a Japanese military commander

Fiction[link]

• Mamoru Chiba (also known as Darien Shields), the only major male character from the Sailor Moon anime and manga series
• Atsuko Chiba, main character of the 2006 film Paprika
• Kirino Chiba (千葉 紀梨乃), a fictional character from anime Bamboo Blade

Institution[link]

• Chiba University, a national university in the city of Chiba

Technology[link]

• Chiba Engine, a server-based engine, written in Java

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Kazuo Chiba (千葉和雄 aka T.K. Chiba, born February 5, 1940, Tokyo) is an aikido teacher from Japan who has spent a considerable part of his teaching career in the United Kingdom and United States. He is an 8th dan in the aikido organisation Aikikai, and founder of dojos in London and San Diego, California. He is also the founder of an international aikido federation known as Birankai International. In the aikido world, Chiba is sometimes known as a representative of the "hard" or "tough" side of aikido, with a strong emphasis on weapons training. In 2006, he announced his gradual retirement.

Biography[link]

Chiba was born February 5, 1940 in Tokyo. At 14 years of age, he began serious judo training at the International Judo Academy. He began the study of Shotokan karate at age 16. Dissatisfied with the martial arts he had studied, he began searching for the art which would satisfy his yearning.

In 1958 he found aikido and began seven intensive years of live-in study as an uchideshi with aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba, at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. Chiba became a close disciple of Ueshiba, travelling with him as his personal assistant during most of this seven year period. During this time, he also studied iaido. By 1960, Chiba earned the rank of 3rd dan, and was assigned to Nagoya to establish a branch school and serve as its full-time instructor. In 1962, he earned 4th dan and began teaching at the Hombu Dojo. Within three years, during which he taught at many local universities, Chiba completed his training as uchideshi, earning promotion to 5th Dan.

On the instruction of Morihei Ueshiba, Chiba moved to Sunderland, England, in 1966. After a few months he moved to London where in 1967 he established London Aikikai. In 1968 he formed the Aikikai of Great Britain (later renamed British Aikido Federation in accordance with International Aikido Federation guidelines) with London Aikikai as its headquarters. In 1970, he received 6th dan and was awarded the title of shihan.

In 1975, Chiba returned to Japan to serve as Secretary of the International Department at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. During this time he also studied zen meditation in Shizuoka Prefecture.

In 1981, Chiba accepted an invitation from the United States Aikido Federation to move to San Diego, California, where he formed the San Diego Aikikai. Currently he is Chairman of the Teaching Committee of Birankai International.

External links[link]

• Official San Diego Aikikai Homepage - USA
• Official Birankai International Homepage
• British Birankai
• 1995 interview with Aikido Journal