15:00 – 15:30
Opening Ceremony
Yasuhiro Shichinohe
The legendary karate masters from Japan will take part in the opening of the World Cup, including Yasuhiro Shichinohe, a General Director of the I.K.O. "Kyokushin kaikan Union", a multiple champion, Shihan (8 dan, Okinawa); Shigeru Tabata, an Uchi Deshi Sosai Masutatsu Ōyama, Shihan (8 dan, Yamagata); Yoshikazu Koi, a Director of the I.K.O. "Kyokushin kaikan Union" (7 dan, Toyama)