Yoshioka Kaoru

(b. 1 March 1960) Nihon Ki-in pro. Qualified in 1980, 7 dan in 1991, 8 dan in 2013. Promoted to 9 dan on retirement on 23 February 2021.

Shimojima Yohei, Kim Hyun Jung, Kawada Kohei, Yanagisawa Satoshi, Osawa Kenro, Kumamoto Shusei and Tsuruta Kazushi are his pupils.