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Toshishiro Obata

10/20/1948 (75 years old) | , | Actor | Male

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 internationally, and continues to expand. Obata, as the founder of the school, is referred to as Obata Kaiso by his students, and continues to travel across the globe to hold seminars for his students around the world.Since 1986, Obata has appeared in several Hollywood films.

Toshishiro Obata Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	154
2.	Demolition Man	79
3.	Showdown in Little Tokyo	26
4.	Rising Sun	11
5.	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze	6

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Movie | United States | 03/30/1990 | Action | Kung-fu

A quartet of mutated humanoid turtles clash with an uprising criminal gang of ninjas

6.8/10

872

Demolition Man

Movie | United States | 10/08/1993 | Science Fiction | Future

Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been cryogenically frozen when wrongfully accused of killing 30 innocent people while apprehending Phoenix.

6.7/10

62%

539

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Movie | United States | 08/23/1991 | Action | Action Heroes

An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.

6.1/10

33%

Rising Sun

Movie | United States | 07/30/1993 | Crime | Murder

When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Conner and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Conner has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.

6.2/10

33%

103

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

Movie | United States | 03/22/1991 | Superhero | Kung-fu

The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.

6.0/10

35%

149

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