Meifu Shinkage-ryū
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The Meifu Shinkage-ryū (明府真影流?) is a modern school of Shuriken Jutsu. It was founded by Dr. Chikatoshi Someya (染谷親俊 Someya Chikatoshi?) in the 1970s. Someya was a student of Yoshio Sugino of the Katori Shintō-ryū, although the throwing style used in Meifu Shinkage-ryū is different. Someya refined the Katori style of throwing, making it shorter, faster and more concealed.
The Meifu Shinkage-ryū is a small school of about 30 students who train in Tokyo, Japan under the instruction of the present Sōke, Yasuyuki Őtsuka. It should be noted that this school is almost entirely composed of students of other martial arts schools. Őtsuka welcomes students from any art or country. He calls himself a "shuriken teacher and researcher." There is a specific kind of shuriken called a Meifu Shinkage-ryū shuriken, but Őtsuka teaches and students will often practice throwing shuriken from many different schools, most of which are now extinct.
