Toshiro Nagato

Bujinkan Daishihan
Shinden Fudo Ryu Soke

Toshiro Nagato is a Bujinkan Daishihan and has been training under Masaaki Hatsumi Soke for fifty+ years. In 2019, he was awarded Sokeship of the Shinden Fudo Ryu (Immovable Heart School | 神傳不動流打拳体術).

Nagato Sensei grew up as a practitioner of Judo in Japan and in the early 1970's taught Judo oversees at the University of Ontario in Oregon. After returning to Japan, he fought in Japanese kickboxing competitions.

In the late 1970’s, Nagato Sensei began training in the Bujinkan arts. He teaches multiple times a week at the Bujinkan Hombu Dojo and at a Tokyo recreational center in Japan.

Nagato Sensei continues helping patients at his bone setter clinic. (柔道整復師, Jūdō Seifukushi | 骨継ぎ, Honetsugi)

The Dayton Bujinkan Dojo has been honored to host two Tai Kai for Nagato Sensei (2021 & 2025).