What is Kazuo Chiba?
[[File:T.K Chiba.jpg|thumb|Kazuo Chiba]] '''Kazuo Chiba''' ({{Lang-ja|千葉和雄}}; 5 February 1940 &ndash; 5 June 2015), also known as '''T. K. Chiba''', was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[aikido]] teacher. He was best known as the founder of Birankai International which includes [[organization]]s in the [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Greece]], [[Poland]], [[Canada]], the [[United States]] and many other places worldwide. He was active in aikido for 50 years from 1958 until his retirement in 2008. He was born in [[Tochigi Prefecture]]. Chiba died after a long illness on 5 June 2015 in [[San Diego]], [[California]], United States. He was 75.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.birankai.org/index.html|title=Birankai North America|work=Birankai International|accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiba, Kazuo}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in California]] [[Category:Japanese martial artists]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Tochigi Prefecture]] {{Bio-stub}}