Post by Administrator on Jan 4, 2022 16:49:35 GMT 10
In 2019 on Hatsumi sensei's 88th birthday he announced his successors for the 9 schools of the Bujinkan as follows
Tsutsui Takumi 筒井巧 - 35th successor of Togakure-ryū
Noguchi Yukio 野口幸夫 - 19th successor of Kotō-ryū
Ishizuka Tetsuji 石塚哲二 - 29th successor of Gyokko-ryū
Nagato Toshiro 長登敏郎 - 27th successor of Shinden Fudō-ryū
Kan Jun'ichi 菅純一 - 22th successor of Gyokushin-ryū
Sakasai Norio 逆井 則男 - 18th successor of Takagi Yōshin-ryū & 16th successor of Gikan-ryū
Furuta Kōji 古田恒二 - 15th successor of Kumogakure-ryū
Iwata Yoshio - 29th successor of Kukishinden-ryū
Tsutsui Takumi 筒井巧 - 35th successor of Togakure-ryū
Noguchi Yukio 野口幸夫 - 19th successor of Kotō-ryū
Ishizuka Tetsuji 石塚哲二 - 29th successor of Gyokko-ryū
Nagato Toshiro 長登敏郎 - 27th successor of Shinden Fudō-ryū
Kan Jun'ichi 菅純一 - 22th successor of Gyokushin-ryū
Sakasai Norio 逆井 則男 - 18th successor of Takagi Yōshin-ryū & 16th successor of Gikan-ryū
Furuta Kōji 古田恒二 - 15th successor of Kumogakure-ryū
Iwata Yoshio - 29th successor of Kukishinden-ryū