Hawayo Takata was practicing and teaching Reiki in Hawaii since 1938. Later she moved to California where she continued her work with Reiki. She did not transmitted the master degree until 1975, and before her death in December of 1980, she trained 22 Masters.
The 22 Masters of Hawayo Takata
George Araki Dorothy Baba Ursula Baylow Rick Bockner Patricia Bowling Barbara Brown Fran Brown Phyllis Furumoto Beth Gray John Gray Iris Ishikuro Harry Kuboi Ethel Lombardi Barbara McCullough Mary McFayden Paul Mitchell Bethel Phaigh Shinobu Saito Virginia Samdahl Wanja Twan Barbara Weber Ray Kay Yamashita