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Katsuyuki Shimamoto (27 oktober 1937 - ) is an influential aikido teacher and head priest of the zen priest of the shosenji temple and the shosenji dojo, located in the Toyanaka district of Osaka, Japan.

Between 1950 and 1956 he practised Okinawan style Shitoryu karate and obtained a 2nd dan. In 1956 he started practising aikido at Komazawa University. There he helped found the univeristy aikido club and met his teachers, Suzuki Kakuzen and Kisaburo Osawa. In that same period he attended classes at the aikido Headquarters in Tokyo, including those taught by Morihei Ueshibe, better known as O'Sensei.

In 1995 he begins to travel abroad and in 2000 he founds Shoryukai, the international offshoot of Shosenji dojo. Today, he has affiliated dojo's in Belgium, Germany, Israel ,Poland and the Netherlands. He has also extensively taught in Australia, Canada and Singapore.

On the 1st of Januari 2010 he was awarded the rank of 8th dan by Moriteru Ueshiba.