Kariyushi Club
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Kariyushi Club
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| Leader | Chōsuke Yara |
| Founded | June 1970 |
| Headquarters | Okinawa Prefecture |
| Ideology | Independent Ryukyu |
Kariyushi Club (かりゆしクラブ Kariyushi Kurabu?), formerly called Ryūkyū Independent Party (琉球独立党 Ryūkyū Dokuritsutō?), is the local party in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, seeking an independent Ryukyu, the Republic of Ryukyu (琉球共和国 Ryūkyū Kyōwakoku?). The current party leader is Chōsuke Yara ( Yara Chōsuke?). Kariyushi is Okinawan for "happy" or "harmony with nature".
The party was founded in June 1970, when Okinawa (called Ryūkyū at the time) was administered by the United States. Founders included Toshikatsu Sakima (崎間敏勝 Sakima Toshikatsu?) and Takehiko Noka ( Noka Takehiko?), whose pseudonym was Donan Nuka (野底土南 Nuka Donan?). Sakima was the former president of the , a government financial corporation of the Ryukyu Government under US-control, while Nuka was a Chartered Accountant. Sakima became a candidate of the 1971 House of Councillors election, but failed it with 2673 votes. As Okinawa was in the next year, the party prestige was decreased. After 730, a symbolic moment on July 30, 1978, when Okinawa changed back to driving on left as other parts of Japan, the party virtually stopped its activity.
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