About Us
Company Profile
| Company Name | Ageshio Japan Co.,Ltd |
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| Company Address | Shimoji Building 3F, 3-1-13, Asato, Naha city, Okinawa, Japan |
| CEO | Kenjiro Ueda (Kenny) |
| Date founded | July 18, 2017 |
| Mission | Our company wants the charm of Okinawa Karate to appeal to the world, and we want to contribute to the continuing development of Okinawa Karate tourism. |
| Business Activities | We have three main business activities specialized for Karate.
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Board Members of Ageshio Japan
CEO : Kenjiro Ueda (Kenny)
After graduating university, he started his own business in Australia. He set up a travel agency, AAO travel that attracted 30,000 tourists per year. He also created the famous travel media, Go-jin.com. After living in Australia for 15 years, he moved to Shanghai and started a web-service media. He lived abroad for 20 years in countries such as Australia, Hawaii and China.
Karate Profile
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Shito-Ryu Karate 7th dan
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Champion of Shito-Ryu all Japan championship tournament in 1997
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Champion of Karate Australia championship tournament in 1999 & 2001
COO : Keiichi Furuta (Kevin)
Specialist for Web marketing business. 12 years of Web marketing experience, and 9 years of work experience in China. Experience as Vice President in Chinese branch of Japanese No.1 Web Advertisement company. CEO Kenny is his Karate teacher. He also participated in a Karate tournament in Shanghai in 2016.
Board Director : Shinichiro Kato (Shawn)
Board member of a JASDAQ listed company. Over 20 years of managing a general human resources company. The largest individual stockholder of the famous professional Okinawa basketball team, “Ryukyu Golden Kings”.
Operations Manager : Carlo Angeles
From Guam, USA. Has 17 years of work experience in Japan. Speaks both Japanese and English. Over 20 years of work experience in the hospitality industry.
Features of Our Services
Introduction of Karate Masters
The CEO of our company was a Karate champion in Japan. He has been practicing Karate for more than 33 years, and has also taught karate in many countries such as Australia, China and Nepal. Based on his Karate knowledge and teaching experience worldwide, we have a clear and strict criteria when selecting Karate masters for training.
Okinawan Karate Masters
Shorin-ryu “Seibukan”
10th Dan Zenpo Shimabukuro Sensei
Matsubayashi-ryu “Kodokan”
10th Dan Yoshitaka Taira Sensei
Shorin-ryu “Kenshikai”
10th Dan Yoshimasa Kakazu Sensei
Shorinji-ryu “Senshinkan”
9th Dan Masanobu Sakugawa Sensei
Goju-ryu “Jundokan”
9th Dan Tsuneo Kinjo Sensei
9th Dan Tetsu Gima Sensei
8th Dan Kazuya Higa Sensei
Ryukyu Kobudo “Shimbukan”
9th Dan Hiroshi Akamine Sensei
Goju-ryu “Shodokan”
8th Dan Zenei Oshiro Sensei
Uechi-ryu “Kenyukai”
9th Dan Kiyohide Shinjo Sensei
Shorin-ryu “Shubukan”
9th Dan Yasuhiro Uema Sensei
6th Dan Takeshi Uema Sensei
Goju-ryu “Kenshikai”
10th Dan Tetsuhiro Hokama Sensei
Goju-ryu “Meibukan”
9th Dan Masaaki Ikemiyagi Sensei
Goju-ryu & Kobudo “Okinawakan”
10th Dan Kiichi Nakamoto Sensei
Kobu-ryu & Ryukyu Kobudo “Kobukai”
10th Dan Takashi Kinjo Sensei (center)
Shidokan “Okubo Dojo”
Yoshiie Okubo Sensei (left)
Uechi-ryu & Kobudo “Kubagawa Shubukan”
9th Dan Masakazu Kinjo Sensei
Goju-ryu “Kenkyukai”
9th Dan Masaji Taira Sensei
Shorin-ryu “Kyudokan”
10th Dan Minoru Higa Sensei
Uechi-ryu “Naha Minami Shubukan”
9th Dan Haruyoshi Shimabukuro Sensei
Shorin-ryu “Taishinkan”
9th Dan Nobuko Oshiro Sensei
Yakubi-ryu “Yaeyama Kenpo Odokai”
10th Dan Tetsuo Hanagusuku Sensei
Shorin-ryu “Ryukyukan”
10th Dan Kohei Nohara Sensei
Goju-ryu “Shodokan”
7th Dan Ryoichi Nakandakari Sensei
Shito-ryu “Kaihojuku”
Yusuke Onaga sensei
Karate Champion of Okinawa National Sports Festival
Shima-ha Shorin-ryu & Yamanni Chinen-ryu Bojutsu
Toshihiro Oshiro Sensei
Goju-ryu “Okinawa Gojuryu Karatedo Kyokai”
10th Dan Masanari Kikugawa Sensei
Olympic Karate & Full Contact Karate Masters
Byakuren Kaikan
10th Dan Masayasu Sugihara Sensei
Goju-ryu “IKGA”
10th Dan Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Sensei
Wado-ryu
10th Dan Hironori Otsuka Sensei
Shotokan “Kokusai Shotokan”
8th Dan Nobuaki Kanazawa Sensei
Shorin-ryu “Konnojuku”
Bin Konno Sensei
Shidokan
10th Dan Yoshiji Soeno Sensei (center)
Shidokan “Shikon Murakami Juku”
Ryuji Murakami Sensei (right)
Satojuku
10th Dan Katsuaki Sato Sensei
2. Various Programs of Okinawan Karate
We can arrange and introduce various Okinawan Karate lesson programs based on your goals.
Workshops
Karate Camps
4 Styles of Okinawan
KarateTrial Course
Zen
for mental training
3. Support Services in Okinawa
We can offer you various kinds of support during your stay in Okinawa: Pick-up/Drop-off, accommodation arrangements, sightseeing, interpreting services, etc.
Karate History Tours
Accommodation
Pick up services
Seminar and Award Performance Track Record
2019/10/24 – Tourism EXPO Japan 2019
(Tourism Professionals Seminar)
Our COO Keiichi Furuta was invited by the Japan Sports Agency to be a panelist at the panel discussion hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Japan Sports Agency and the Tourism Agency held at the Tourism EXPO Japan 2019
Event details: https://www.t-expo.jp/biz/program/seminarprogram.html2019/11/01
Sports Tourism Seminar
The “Sports Tourism Seminar” held by the Japan Sports Agency was held in Kyoto. Our COO Keiichi Furuta gave a lecture with the theme, “New Business Challenges on Karate Tourism and Local Revitalization Business developed in Okinawa”.
Event details: https://www.mext.go.jp/sports/b_menu/houdou/31/10/1421852.htm2020/01/16
The 8th Sports Tourism Convention
Keiichi Furuta, our COO, was a panelist for the Martial Arts Tourism Subcommittee at the “Sports Tourism Convention” held in Kanazawa.
Event details: http://www.kanazawa-csc-kk.jp/event/200115/2021/02/10
Sports Culture Tourism Award 2020
We would like to announce that we have recently received the Special Award in the “Sports Culture Tourism Award 2020” which is jointly held by the Japan Tourism Agency, Japan Sports Agency, and Agency for Cultural Affairs. The evaluation points to receive the award are “Efforts to be a leader in martial arts tourism” and “Efforts for widespread support around the world”. We are very honored to have received this award, and we will continue to do our best.
2021/11/30
The 5th Sports, Culture, Tourism Symposium 4 Ministries Cooperation Seminar
Keiichi Furuta, our COO, took the stage as a panelist at the panel discussion in Part 2, “4 Ministries Cooperation Seminar”, of “The 5th Sports, Culture, Tourism Symposium” held in Tokyo.
Event details： https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000002.000090546.htmlMedia Appearance Track Record
1912-2001
Monthly Martial Arts – Expanding the Boundary of Martial Arts Tourism
2021.5月
Monthly Martial Arts – Karate Seminar Online: New Challenge in Covid Crisis
Information
We can arrange a program based on your requests. Please click here for a list of the different programs that we have to offer you at Ageshio Japan.
Nepal National team
Australian Dojo Members
Shanghai Dojo Members