Soke Takeshi Kitagawa was born in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, Japan on 8th January 1957. He Graduated in Electronics from Kyusyu Sangyo University 九州産業大学. He started his martial arts journey with Aikido and Kendo, Later joined Masatoshi Nakayama Sensei’s Dojo. In the year 1987 when Nakayama Sensei died he continued the Journey of learning Shotokan Karate following the footsteps of Tetsuhiko Asai Sensei till in the year 2006 when Asai Sensei died.