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Kōchi Ueekata Ryōtoku (幸地 親方 良篤, ? – 24 June 1798) also known by his Chinese style name Ba Kokugi (馬 克義), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.
In 1775, Kōchi Ryōtoku and Ie Chōkei (伊江 朝慶) was ordered to make the first statutory law in Ryukyuan history by King Shō Boku. The law was completed in 1786. It was called Ryūkyū Karitsu (琉球科律), and was jointly signed by Yonabaru Ryōku (与那原 良矩), Fukuyama Chōki (譜久山 朝紀) and Ie Chōkei, all were members of sanshikan. It was officially promulgated and implemented by the king in the same year.
Kōchi was dispatched together with Prince Ginowan Chōyō (宜野湾 朝陽, also known by Ginowan Chōshō) in 1790 to celebrate Tokugawa Ienari succeeded as shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year.
Kōchi served as a member of sanshikan from 1796 to 1798.