Isshin Chiba (born 1968), a voice actor who currently works for Arts Vision
In any case the ryuha eventually fragmented as the bōjutsu tradition was discovered to be practiced in Kyoto; the torite is recorded in Numata-han and Yoshida-han and still another branch was recorded as practicing the bōjutsu (as well as naginata) in Yonezawa-han.
May 30 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, martial artist and founder of Isshin-ryu karate (b. 1908)