Introduction Kyokushin Okinawa
In April 1988 Sosai Masutatsu Oyama appointed Yasuhiro Shichinohe, who was at that time instructor at Tokyo Honbu Dojo, as Branch Chief of the International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan Okinawa Branch.
The first training was held on May 2nd in a Kindergarten in Urasoe-shi. However the Branch’s activities became full-length only the following month, when opening the dojo in Izumizaki, in Naha-shi, the capital of the prefecture, this would become the Honbu dojo of Okinawa. After that from Nago-shi to Ishigaki Island, 12dojo were opened in Okinawa Prefecture.
In the 5th year after establishing the Branch, the all Kyushu Karate Open Tournament was held in Okinawa(April 1993)and Sosai Masutatsu Oyama attended it.
From the year after than, every year the All.
Okinawa Karate Open Tournament is held, it is open for all full contact competitors of the prefecture. in this tournament there are competitors from Okinawa from several styles, from Elementary School divisions till adults.
winners of this tournament are encouraged to take part in the National Tournament and try to obtain good places.
In April 2001 the Kyokushin Okinawa Branch certifies with the Okinawa Prefecture authorities that the organization is a Non Profit Organization with the purpose of through the training of Kyokushin educating the rising generation.
In 2008 Kyokushin Okinawa celebrates its 20th Anniversary.
The all Japan Kyokushin Union will stage the 2nd Kyokushin Union Cup, World Karate Championship in Okinawa on January 19-20, 2008.
沖縄支部発足（１９８８年５月２日 ）
大山倍達 総裁 特別公演
大山倍達総裁は「武道は人間を救うものである」と生前よく言われた。
私自身も空手稽古から、空手仲間から、そして道場生から、
どれだけの勇気をいただいたことか。
空手修行の道は厳しいが、人生が豊かになれるものと確信するものである。
師範：七戸康博
《 Intoroduction Shihan 》
Okinawa Kyokushin Shihan Yasuhiro Shichinohe
1961 Born in Aomori Prefecture(North Japan)
Practiced baseball in Junior High School.
Started Karate in High School.
1980 Having graduated from High School, he moved to Tokyo, where enrolled in the
Kyokushinkaikan Houbu, under Sosai Masutatsu Oyama.(Tokyo, Ikebukuro)
1981 Obtained Shodan.
1988 Sousai Masutatsu Oyama appointed him Branch Chief of Okinawa Prefecture.
1993 Obtained Godan from Sosai Masutatsu Oyama.
2004 Obtained Nanaden from All Japan Kyokushin Union.
2006 Became Member of the Board of the All Japan Kyokushin Union(International Dept.)
The first time he took part in a tournament was in 1980, it was the 12th All Japan Karate Open Tournament.
Except for the 13th he consecutively took part in this tournament till the World Tournament in1996.
The last time he took part in a tournament was in 1999.
In the 16th All Japan Karate Open Tournament he was awarded the Best Spirited Fighter Prize.
In the 18th he obtained 5th place, in the 21st he obtained 8th place, 24th and 25th he obtained 4th place.
In the All Japan Weight Division Tornament, he won 4 times the Heavy Weight Title and once became the Runner-up.
Every 4 years the World Tournament is held. In the 4th World Tournament(1987) he obtained 7th place, in the 5th he obtained 7th place, in the 6th he placed with the Best 16.