New Soke Successors of 9 Ryu Ha

At around the time of Soke Masaaki Hatsumi's 88th birthday (Beiju: ja:米寿) on 2 December 2019, he announced his successors

At around the time of Soke Masaaki Hatsumi's 88th birthday (Beiju: ja:米寿) on 2 December 2019, he announced his successors for most of the above schools:

 

Tsutsui Takumi 筒井巧	Noguchi Yukio 野口幸夫
35th successor of Togakure-ryū	19th successor of Kotō-ryū
Ishizuka Tetsuji 石塚哲二	Nagato Toshiro 長登敏郎
29th successor of Gyokko-ryū	27th successor of Shinden Fudō-ryū
Kan Jun'ichi 菅純一	Sakasai Norio 逆井 則男
22th successor of Gyokushin-ryū	18th successor of Takagi Yōshin-ryū & 16th successor of Gikan-ryū
Furuta Kōji 古田恒二 15th successor of Kumogakure-ryū	Iwata Yoshio 岩田義雄 29th successor of Kukishinden-ryū

2018 All the old Studens of Soke Masaaki Hatsumi they recived the award from the imperial house Higashikuni.
[This house is special in that it is not controlled by the imperial family (from which he has also received and imperial award) and is separate from government control. This award was first given in 1963 and the winners of the award are chosen by elite scholars in Japan.]

2017 Right to the left: Kan Jun'ichi - Toshiro Nagato - Yukio Noguchi & Seno Hideo

2017 The old Students they recived the Special price from Soke, For than 50 years of training.
Left to Right: Seno Sensei, Noguchi Sensei, Ishizuka Sensei, Nagato Sensei & Kan Sensei