Toshishiro Obata
Acting 1948-10-20 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 teaching and to develop his own sword art, based on his extensive experience. In 1990, the Internation…
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Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
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Demolition Man
1993
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991
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Black Rain
1989
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The Shadow
1994
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Rising Sun
1993
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Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991
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The Hunted
1995
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Ghost Warrior
1984
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China O'Brien
1990
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Rage and Honor
1992
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Red Sun Rising
1994
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Blue Tiger
1994
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China O'Brien II
1990
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Ulterior Motives
1993
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The Sword of Bushido
1990