About Us

Company Profile

Company Name	Ageshio Japan Co.,Ltd / Ikku
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. 　1．Karate-related programs and services 　2．Production of Okinawan Karate goods 　3．Promotion for Okinawan Karate

Our mission

Travel License

Registered travel agency by the governor of Okinawa prefecture (Registered number : 3-398)

All NiPPON TRAVEL AGENTS ASSOCIATION member (Membership number : 05780)

Access Map

Board Members of Ageshio Japan

CEO : Kenjiro Ueda (Kenny)

■Karate Profile
・Shito-Ryu Karate 7th dan
・Okinawa Shorin-ryu 6th dan
・Ryukyu Kobudo 3rd dan
・Champion of Shito-Ryu all Japan championship tournament in 1997
・Champion of Karate Australia championship tournament in 1999 & 2001

■Business Profile
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.

COO : Keiichi Furuta (Kevin)

■Profile 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)

■Profile
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

■Profile
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..

Celebrations

Team Ageshio Japan Christmas Party

Okinawan Karate Sanboku-kai Year-end Party

Overseas Karate Activities

Our CEO, Kenny, is the third representative of the famous Shito-Ryu Karate “SHOBUKAN”. There are many students all around the world in Shobukan, especially in Japan, Shanghai, Australia, Nepal, India and Iran. Some of the students are highly skilled such as the 3-time European Karate champion, Olympic coach and so on.

Nepal National team

Australian Dojo Members

Shanghai Dojo Members

Features of Our Services

1. 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
7th 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

Goju-ryu Meibukan
Yagi Meitetsu & Yagi Ippei Sensei

Japan Karate & Full Contact Karate Masters

Olympic Karate & Full Contact Karate Masters

JKA
7th Dan Tatsuya Naka Sensei

JKA (Japan Karate Association)
7th Dan Seizo Izumiya Sensei

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

Daido Juku Jukucho
Kenichi Osada

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.

2019/11/01 – 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 can be found here (Japanese contents only).

2020/01/16 – 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 can be found here (Japanese contents only).

2021/02/10 – Sports Culture Tourism Award 2020

2020/01/16 – The 8th Sports Tourism Convention

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

2021/11/30 – 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 can be found here (Japanese contents only).