Hideharu onuma was the 15th generation headmaster of the heki ryu sekka ha school of archery and kyudo banshi 9th dan he was born in tokyo in 1910 into a highly respected archery family onuma sensei who was instrumental in introducing kyudo to the west believed that kyudo belonged not just to the japanese but to the whole world until his death in 1990 he made regular trips abroad to demonstrate and teach his art dan and jackie deprospero left the united states for japan in 1981 intending