Kashima-Shinryu Organizational Structure

1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026

 
Honorary President, ex officio
TOH Shunjiro (Guji, Kashima Grand Shrine)
Honorary Counselors, ex officio
UENO Sadabumi (Guji, Kashima Grand Shrine, retired)
KUNII Family (KUNII Masakatsu, 19th generation Soke)
(SAITO Hideki, aid to the Soke)
Counselors
HIBIYA Toshiyuki (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
Shihanke (Headmaster) 19th Generation
SEKI Humitake
Special Aid to the Shihanke
William BODIFORD
Shihan-Inka (Acting Headmaster)
SEKIYA Ryoichi, AKAGI Kazuto, ONUMA Yoshiki
 
Organization of the Federation
Martial Instruction Division
Director General
SEKIYA Ryoichi
Deputy Director General

ONUMA Yoshiki

 
(1) Headquarters of Martial Instruction Division under the direct charge of Shihanke
Bureau Chief
SEKIYA Ryoichi
In Charge of Martial Instruction
SEKIYA Ryoichi, AKAGI Kazuto, ONUMA Yoshiki, TAKADA Takuhiro, MIYAMAE Yusaku, SASAKI Jun, HIGASHI Yoshihiko, HANANO Yoshifumi, NAKAMURA Toyoshige, HISAMOTO Akiyoshi, TATEISHI Ikuma, HIROHATA Yasuhide, OHNO Yasumune, KAMINAGA Reiya, HIGUCHI Yuya, MORI Masafumi, SAKAMOTO Renji
William BODIFORD, Mikko VILENIUS, Bjorn CHRISTIANSON, Ari YLINIEMELÄ, Peter NYSTÉN, Till KRAFT,  Dejan ŽONTAR, Cristobal Dominguez GARCIA, Antonius van der BORST, Lynn Hua HENSON, Jari RENKO, Robert FRANZÉN
 
(2) Affiliated Chapters Bureau
(A) Japanese Affiliated Chapters
Organizers
SEKIYA Ryoichi, AKAGI Kazuto, ONUMA Yoshiki, KIMURA Takashige, SATO Toshishiro, IMAI Hideki, KOBAYASHI Satoshi, HANANO Yoshifumi, HIGASHI Yoshihiko, TOJYO Shunji, OHNO Yasumune,
Core Chapters
• University of Tokyo Chapter
(Chapter Head) HISAMOTO Akiyoshi
(In Charge of Martial Instruction) NAKAMURA Toyoshige, SAKAMOTO Renji, AKAGI Kazuto, SEKI Humitake
• Tsukuba University Chapter
(Chapter Head) KAKO Koichiro
(In Charge of Martial Instruction) TAKADA Takuhiro, MIYAMAE Yusaku, ONUMA Yoshiki, SEKIYA Ryoichi, SEKI Humitake
• Kyoto University Chapter
(Chapter Head) KINOSHITA Kuniyoshi
(In Charge of Martial Instruction) TATEISHI Ikuma, IMAI Hideki [specially appointed], HIGASHI Yoshihiko, SEKI Humitake
 
(B) North America Affiliated Chapters
William BODIFORD (Chief Officer)
• UCLA Chapter
William BODIFORD (Chapter Head)
• University of Georgia Chapter
Lorraine FULLER (Acting Chapter Head)
• Eureka Satellite Chapter
Richard PIETRELLI (Satellite Chapter Head)
• Montana State University Chapter
Mark TAPER (Acting Chapter Head)
 
(C) EU Affiliated Chapters
Dejan ŽONTAR (Chief Officer)
• German Affiliated Chapters
Cristobal Dominguez GARCIA (Chief Officer)
• Frankfurt am Main Satellite Chapter
Till KRAFT (Satellite Chapter Head)
• Dresden Satellite Chapter
Ulf LEHMANN (Satellite Chapter Head Administrative Assistant)
• Dutch Affiliated Chapters
Antonius VAN DER BORST (Chief Officer)
• Slovenia Affiliated Chapters
Samo STANIČ (Chief Officer)
• Finnish Affiliated Chapters
Robert FRANZÉN (Chief Officer)
• University of Helsinki Chapter
Peter NYSTÉN (Chapter Head)
Jari RENKO (Acting Chapter Head)
• Tampere University of Technology Chapter
Mikko VILENIUS (Chapter Head)
Teemu HEINIMAKI (Acting Chapter Head)
• UK Affiliated Chapters
Bjorn CHRISTIANSON (Chief Officer)
• London Satellite Chapter
Bjorn CHRISTIANSON (Satellite Chapter Head Administrative Assistant)
 
(3) Historiographical Bureau
Bureau Chief
  ONUMA Yoshiki
Bureau Member
  WARASHINA Tomoyuki, HIGASHI Yoshihiko, Mikko VILENIUS, William BODIFORD
 
Administrative Division
Secretary General
AKAGI Kazuto
Deputy Secretary General
HANANO Yoshifumi
Aids to Secretary General
TAKADA Takuhiro, HISAMOTO Akiyoshi
 
(1) Administrative Bureau
Bureau Chief
KAKO Koichiro
Head of Accounting Section
HANANO Yoshifumi
 
(2) Information Bureau
Bureau Chief
AKAGI Kazuto
Branch
Mikko VILENIUS, Bjorn CHRISTIANSON
In Charge of Website
HANANO Yoshifumi, William BODIFORD, Samo STANIČ
In Charge of Newsletter

KAKO Koichiro (Editor in Chief), TAKADA Takuhiro, NAKAMURA Toyoshige, SIRAISHI Tomoyuki, ONUMA Yoshiki (Adviser)

In Charge of Journal

ONUMA Yoshiki, TATEISHI Ikuma, AKAGI Kazuto, William BODIFORD

 
(3) Legal Affairs Bureau (Concurrently, Incorporation Preparation Bureau)
Bureau Chief

concurrent appointment of Secretary General

Deputy Chief
HANANO Yoshifumi, SIRAISHI Tomoyuki
Advisory Committee
Members of the Administrative Bureau
 
(4) Convention Bureau
Bureau Chief
concurrent appointment of Secretary General
Kashima Convention Administrative Chief
HANANO Yoshifumi
Bureau Member
SIRAISHI Tomoyuki
 
(5) International Bureau
Bureau Chief

Ari YLINIEMELÄ

Deputy Chief
Cristobal Dominguez GARCIA, AKAGI Kazuto
Representative of the Japanese Affiliated Chapters
TAKADA Takuhiro, Rick WEISBURD (Assistant)
Representative of the North American Affiliated Chapters
William BODIFORD
Representative of the EU Affiliated Chapters
Dejan ŽONTAR, Antonius VAN DER BORST (Assistant), Mikko VILENIUS (Assistant)