Toshishiro Obata

Actor

Born: October 20, 1948 (age 77)
From: Gunma Prefecture, Japan

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…

Filmography (17)

The Samurai
The Samurai (2003)
self / swordsman
The Hunted (1995)
Ryuma
Red Sun Rising (1994)
Oyabun
The Shadow (1994)
Mongol
Blue Tiger (1994)
Kunimatsu
Demolition Man (1993)
CryoCon
Rising Sun (1993)
Guard at Imperial Arms
Ulterior Motives (1993)
Bull Neck Yakuza
Rage and Honor (1992)
Chan Lu
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Sato
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Tatsu
The Sword of Bushido (1990)
Yamaguchi
China O'Brien II (1990)
Man with Claws
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Tatsu
China O'Brien (1990)
Sommers's Henchmen Fighter (uncredited)
Black Rain (1989)
Mediator
Ghost Warrior (1984)
Japanese Officer