| Hiroshi Tada | |
| Native Name: | 多田 宏 Tada Hiroshi |
| Native Name Lang: | jp |
| Residence: | Japan |
| Birth Place: | Japan |
| Occupation: | shihan |
| Rank: | 9th dan Aikikai |
| Martial Art: | Aikido |
| Style: | Aikikai |
| Trainer: | in alphabetical order: Gichin Funakoshi Nakamura Tempu[1] Morihei Ueshiba |
| Students: | Masatomi Ikeda |
(born December 14, 1929) is a Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 9th dan in the Aikikai.[2] [3]
Born in Tokyo within a former Samurai family with roots from Tsushima Island, Tada first studied his family's style of archery (Heki-Ryū Chikurin-ha Ban-pa) under his father in the family's house in Jiyūgaoka.[4] He then became a member of the Waseda University karate club before starting training in aikido at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo under aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba in March 1950.[4] He was dispatched to Rome, Italy, in 1964 where he established the Italian Dojo Centrale in 1967,[2] and the national association Aikikai d'Italia in 1970.[5] He returned to Japan in 1971 to resume teaching at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo.[6]
To supplement aikido training, he has developed a system of breathing and meditative exercises called ki no renma (気の錬磨, cultivation of ki) based largely on the teachings of Nakamura Tempu and the Ichikukai Dojo.[2] [7]