Kochinda Chōei
Kochinda Ueekata Chōei, also known by his Chinese style name Shō Ketsu, was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.
Kochinda was the eldest son of Kushi Chōu, and he was also the second head of an aristocrat family, Shō-uji Tōme Dunchi. His younger brother Tasato Chōchoku, was a famous kumi odori playwright.
Kochinda served as a member of sanshikan from 1752 to 1765. He was good at ryūka and waka poetry, and was designated as a member of the Okinawan Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.