What is Masaaki Hatsumi?
'''Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi''' is Grandmaster of the oldest of the shinobi clans in Japan, the Togakure clan. He teaches the history of [[ninja]]s at [[Mie University]]. Hatsumi founded the martial arts group Bujinkan, which had more than 300,000 members in 2012. He has also helped moviemakers make martial arts scenes for their movies.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|access-date=January 12, 2021|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20135674|title=Japan's ninjas heading for extinction|author=Mariko Oi|date=November 23, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|publisher=Guardian|access-date=January 12, 2021|title=Ninja boom: how Japan's secret warriors swapped the shadows for the spotlight|author=Justin McCurry|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/11/ninja-boom-how-japans-secret-warriors-swapped-the-shadows-for-the-spotlight|date=July 10, 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}{{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hatsumi, Masaaki}} [[Category:Japanese martial artists]] [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:Living people]]