Toshishiro Obata
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Toshishiro Obata is the founder of Shinkendo. He is well known in Japan as a tameshigiri champion for several years in a row and is an authorized shitoka. He studied aikido under Gozo Shioda in the Yoshinkan Honbu Dojo, and studied the sword arts of Nakamura-ryu, Ioriken Battojutsu, Toyama-ryu, Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, Kashima Shin-ryu, Ryukyu Kobudo, and others. He moved to America in 1980 to start teaching and to develop his own sword art, based on his extensive experience. In 1990, the International Shinkendo Federation was officially established. The federation has grown to 80 branches internat…
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Toshishirô Obata · Toshihiro Obata · Toshiji Obata · Toshirô Obata · 小幡利城
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Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · TV
Demolition Man
1993 · Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990 · Movie
Black Rain
1989 · Movie
Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991 · Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991 · Movie
The Shadow
1994 · Movie
Rising Sun
1993 · Movie
The Hunted
1995 · Movie
Red Sun Rising
1994 · Movie
Blue Tiger
1994 · Movie
Ghost Warrior
1984 · Movie