This is a list of famous and well-known aikido practitioners (aikidōka) sorted by area of primary residence.

Direct students of Morihei Ueshiba are marked with an asterisk*

Japan

The Ueshiba family

• Morihei Ueshiba – founder of Aikido, often referred to as Ōsensei.
• Kisshomaru Ueshiba – son of founder, second Dōshu*
• Moriteru Ueshiba – son of Kisshomaru, third and current Dōshu*
• Mitsuteru Ueshiba – son of Moriteru and presumed successor

Other Japanese aikidoka

Non-Japanese in Japan

• Jacques Payet

Australia

Europe

North America

South East Asia

• Benjamin Galarpe

South America

• Reishin Kawai

Literature

• Pranin, Stanley A, ed. Aikido masters: prewar students of Morihei Ueshiba. Tokyo: Aiki News. 1993. ISBN 4-900586-14-5 This volume contains 14 in-depth interviews with direct participants in the early days of Aikido publisher
• Stone, John and Meyer, Ron (eds.) Aikido in America North Atlantic Books 1995. ISBN 1883319277 Interviews limited to 13 aikidoists in the United States from 1990 to 1994; not meant to be comprehensive, Japanese teachers not covered. Editors were primarily interested in how Americans have responded to, changed, and expanded Aikido in the United States.