birth_place teacher martial_art nationality name native_name birth_date residence article_title native_lang
tokyo , japan moriteru ueshiba , kisshomaru ueshiba aikido japanese mitsuteru ueshiba 植芝 充央 '' ueshiba mitsuteru '' 27 june 1981 japan mitsuteru ueshiba
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mitsuteru ueshiba

mitsuteru ueshiba -lrb- 植芝充央 ueshiba mitsuteru , born 1981 -rrb- is the son of the current aikido dōshu , moriteru ueshiba .
in keeping with the iemoto system , he is expected to succeed his father as dōshu .
he is the great-grandson of morihei ueshiba , the aikido founder .
from april 2012 he has been the acting-dojocho of hombu dojo .
mitsuteru ueshiba is referred to as waka-sensei -lrb- 若先生 -rrb- and this term was applied to moriteru ueshiba when ii dōshu kisshomaru ueshiba was still alive .
literally from japanese language `` waka '' means `` young '' , however in this case the meaning is completely different .
in japanese culture the term of `` waka '' , is referred to the `` successor '' -lrb- 後継者 -rrb- , the person that will continue after his father -lrb- in this case dōshu -rrb- .
