Sensei Hiro Imafuji
- Started Kendo at the age of 7 at Shubukan in Itami City, Hyogo, Japan.
- Shubukan has more than 200 years of history and counted as one of the three greatest dojos in Japan.
- Shihan (the head master of the dojo) at that time was Later Juichi Tsurumaru sensei.
- Trained in a traditional way of Budo Senmon Gakko (a national school for training young men to teach Kendo and other martial arts).
- 5th dan in Kendo