 Kunio Tatsuno became Sōke of Motobu-Ha Karate-dō and Kaicho of Seishinkai.In the U.S., Kuniba named William H. Price as second Sōke of both Kuniba-ryu Karate-Do and Kuniba-ryū Goshindō on March 16, 1992.Several American karateka under Kuniba followed his named U.S. successor.