Saitō Satoshi
was the 5th generation
Sōke of Negishi-ryū, a classical Japanese warrior tradition and the nation's last surviving specialist school of
Shurikenjutsu. From 1997 to 2014 (17 years), Saitō served as the elected Chairman of the Nihon Kobudō Shinkōkai (est. 1935), Japan's oldest classical martial arts association. In addition, Saitō was the 6th generation head of Shirai-ryū shurikenjutsu and the 15th Sōke of Kuwana Han-den Yamamoto-ryū Iaijutsu. In 1992, Saitō was awarded the Imperial
Order of the Sacred Treasure.
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