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Hideo Ohba (大庭 英雄 Ōba Hideo born April 27 1910 – February 2 1986)was a Japanese aikido and judo teacher and the Second Director of Japan Aikido Association after the death of Kenji Tomiki.He was born as Hideo Tozawa in a village called Nakagawa in Akita prefecture. In 1936 he adopted his wife’s name upon marriage in deference to her fame as a young teacher of the Japanese harp. The year 1931 was pivotal for Hideo Ohba.