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Hiroto Okazaki, Vice Honbu Chief, Kyokushin-kan
Hiroto Okazaki was born in April of 1961 in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. From his first year in middle school
he began his practice of Kyokushin Karate and upon graduating from high school he entered Royama Dojo and
became an uchi deshi. He recieved Royama training since the time he was in Saitama Branch and after learning
the essense of Royama's karate, he founded Kyokushinkaikan's Fukushima Branch. He also practiced Koryo
Karate and Iaido for many years and he is known as an expert of kata. In December of 2002, he resigned from
the Kyokushinkaikan along with Hatsuo Royama, Tsuyoshi Hiroshige and Akio Koyama, and helped to create
Kyokushin-kan, where he was made Vice Honbu Chief. |
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