Susumu Yazaki

Rank: 7-dan

Home: Tokyo, Japan

Kendo Experience: over 45 years

Time in USA: 3 years

Returned to Japan in Mar 2011

Sakae Imai

Rank: 5-dan

Home: Hokkaido, Japan

Kendo Experience: over 40 years

Time in USA: 7 years

Returned to Japan in Mar 2013

Masanobu Noda

Rank: 5-dan

Home: Kyoto, Japan

Kendo Experience: over 25 years

Time in USA: 2 years

Returned to Japan in May 2011

Yosuke Nakayama

Rank: 4-dan

Home: Kumamoto, Japan

Kendo Experience: over 20 years

Time in USA: 1 year

Returned to Japan in May 2011