Kochinda Chōei

Kochinda Ueekata Chōei (東風平 親方 朝衛), also known by his Chinese style name Shō Ketsu (向 傑), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.

Kochinda was the eldest son of Kushi Chōu (久志 朝右), and he was also the second head of an aristocrat family, Shō-uji Tōme Dunchi (向氏当銘殿内). His younger brother Tasato Chōchoku, was a famous kumi odori playwright.

Kochinda served as a member of sanshikan from 1752 to 1765. He was good at ryūka and waka poetry, and was designated as a member of the Okinawan Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (沖縄三十六歌仙).