Ryukoku University
Born in 1926 in Kyoto, Japan, Rev. Susumu Ikuta first moved to Canada with his family in 1937, during WWII. After finishing high school, Rev. Ikuta moved back and forth between Canada and Japan until 1958, when he graduated with an M.A. in Buddhist Studies from Ryukoku University and moved back to Canada for the last time to become a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist minister for the Buddhist Churches of Canada.