Test applications received and dated between January 2nd 2016 and June 30th, 2016 (some listings represent applications prior to Hombu approval, applications not received by posting date will not be listed in the post).
Shodan
- Jacob Anderson – Newport Beach Aikikai
- Gabor Balog – Ottawa Aikikai
- Tom Bove – Aikido of Cincinnati
- Tony Breda – Heaven and Earth Aikido
- Jared Burke – Maru Aikikai South
- Daniel Cardona – Aikido of Cincinnati
- Christopher Charles – Barbados Aikikai
- Ashley Coles – Georgia Southern University Aikido Club
- Daniel Francoeur – Ottawa Aikido Centre
- Van Gabriel – Zanshin Aikido School
- Peter Goldman – Aikido of Westchester
- Ralph Hagewood – Asheville Aikikai
- Wini Hamilton – Seattle Aikikai
- Aaron Hunter – Kentuckiana Aikikai
- Emilie Inoue – Aikido of Champlain Valley
- Kimberly Koenig – Woodstock Aikido
- Amanda Laurick – Seattle Aikikai
- Rachel Levison – Boston Aikikai
- Yann Marcoux – Aikikai de l’University Laval
- Nancy Mateski – Kenosha Aikikai
- John McAvinue – Kentuckiana Aikikai
- Thao Nguyen – Plano Aikido Center
- James Nofil – Florida Aikikai
- Alexandre Pain Monteregie Aikikai
- Wes Potts – Central Arkansas Aikikai
- Renan Ramos – Harvard Aikikai
- Robert Rittman – Two Rivers Aikikai
- Sarah Safford – Aikido of Park Slope
- Kym Salameh – Aikido de la Montagne
- Joseph Sloat – Midwest Aikido Center
- John Tawa – Boston Aikikai
- Michael Vargas – Plano Aikido Center
- John Wozniewski – Aikido of Dallas
Nidan
- Alexander Angustain – Maru Aikikai South
- Melissa Avendano – Aikido of Dallas
- Linda Baron – North Coast Aikikai
- Matthew Bolton – Aikido of Cincinnati
- Charles Calcagni – Aikido of Park Slope
- Juan Carlos Perez Casanova – Aikido Institute of Newfoundland
- Eric Dunlap – Aikido of Park Slope
- Tom Gorman – Aikido of Northampton
- Ed Haponik – Aikido of Charlotte
- Arielle Herman – Rivertide Aikikai
- Mark Heuer – Aikido of Dallas
- Susan Irion – Aikido of Cincinnati
- Dean Karres – Central Illinois Aikikai
- Leonel Martinez-Perez – Kentuckiana Aikikai
- Kevin Masters – Rivertide Aikikai
- Mathieu Pichette – San Francisco Aikikai
- Frank Ruzicka – Aikido of New Orleans
- Abell Smith – Seattle Aikikai
- Violet Snow – Woodstock Aikido
- Scott Stein – Palm Beach Aikikai
- Serguei Vassiliev – Shodokan
- Oscar Vazquez – Aikido of Dallas
- Tobias Weiss – Aikido of Cincinnati
- Ken Wilcox – Aikido of Denton
Sandan
- Denis Betournay – McGill Aikido
- Jerome Cervantes – Midwest Aikido Center
- Charles Cunningham – Grinnell Aikikai
- Michael Fliss – Open Sky Aikikai
- Patrick Gaucher – Rivertide Aikikai
- Seth Hansen-Hall – Woodstock Aikido
- Shanat Kolhatkar – Aikido de la Montagne
- Laura Kopczak – Woodstock Aikido
- Jerry Madden – Aikido of Dallas
- Roy May – Seattle Aikikai
- Mauricio Oyarzun
- Jacques Pharand – McGill Aikikai
- Benjamin Polikarpov – Toronto Aikikai
- Danwood Rasmussen – Twin Cities Aikido Center
- Judith Metskas Ringer – Portsmouth Aikido
- Adam Roehrig – Kentuckiana Aikikai
- Nicholas Ross – Woodstock Aikido
- Tony Truong – Newport Beach Aikikai
- Chase Valdez – Aikido of Park Slope
- Rene Villarreal – Aikido of Dallas
- Carla Wells – Newport Beach Aikikai
Yondan
- John Gribben – Old City Aikido
- Takayuki Koei Kuwahara – New England Aikikai
- John Lepore – Old City Aikido
- Bill Witthar – Zanshin Aikido School