Toshishiro Obata
Birthday
1948/10/20 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Gunma Prefecture - Japan
Also know as
Toshishirô Obata, Toshihiro Obata, Toshiji Obata, Toshirô Obata, 小幡利城
Biography
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...Read more
Acting
(1990) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Tatsu
(1993) Rising Sun
as Guard at Imperial Arms
(1995) The Hunted
as Ryuma
(1993) Demolition Man
as CryoCon
(1991) Showdown in Little Tokyo
as Sato
(1986) Ghost Warrior
as Japanese Officer
(1994) Red Sun Rising
as Oyabun
(1994) Blue Tiger
as Kunimatsu
(1991) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
as Tatsu
(1990) The Sword of Bushido
as Yamaguchi
(1992) Rage and Honor
as Chan Lu
(1989) Black Rain
as Mediator
(2003) The Samurai
as self / swordsman
(1990) China O'Brien
as Sommers's Henchmen Fighter (uncredited)
(1993) Ulterior Motives
as Bull Neck Yakuza
(1990) China O'Brien II
as Man with Claws
(1994) The Shadow
as Mongol
(1993) Walker, Texas Ranger
as Japanese Karate Instructor