Hironori Otsuka

who acceded to the 4th generation of Shinto-Yosin-Ryu Jujutsu

completed Wado-Ryu Jujutsu-Kenpo.

It was created to made fuse using the merit of Karate and

Shinto-Yoshin-Ryu-Jujutsu.

The successors of Shinto-Yoshin-Ryu

The first Katsunosuke Matsuoka

The second Motokichi Inose

The third Shinzaburo Yukiyoshi Nakayama

The fourth Hironori Otsuka

1864, Katsunosuke Matsuoka made Yoshin-Ryu.

He used Yoshin-Ryu as basis, merged together Tenjinshinyo-Ryu,

Yoshin-Koryu, and introduced the theory and the technology of

Jikishinkage-Ryu-Kenjutsu.

Katsunosuke Matsuoka was the second son of Dourin Matsuoka and the father was

a feudal clan doctor in the Fukuoka Kuroda feudal clan. When Katsunosuke was 17 years

old, his father became in charge of Edo(Tokyo) residence of clan, and they move to Edo.

Then he started learning Yoshin-Ryu Jujutsu in the Shogunate martial arts school there.

In the meantime, he also studied the other martial arts such as Tenjin-Shinyo-Ryu,

Yoshin-Koryu, Jikishinkage-Ryu and Hokushin-Ittoryu.

After that, he opened a Dojo to the Asakusa precincts and taught Jujutsu and Kenjutsu. 

He used this occasion to changed the style name to Shinto-Yoshin Ryu-Jujutsu.

When his Dojo recognized by the Shogunate Martial Arts school, he became a vassal in the

Shogunate and was promoted to Shogunate's territory patrol duty in Shimofusa-Hitachi-city.

When the Shogunate abolished a feudal clan system and replaced it with

a prefecture system, Matsuoka moved on a new location in Hitachinokuni

(Ibaragi Prefecture)-Uenomura-city. There he taught Jujutsu, Kenjutsu and acquired a

job as the local bonesetter, later earning a good reputation.

In 1886, Tatsusaburo Nakayama entered the Shintokan-Dojo of Katsunosuke

Matsuoka and he learned Jikishinkage-Ryu-Kenjutsu and Shinto-Yoshin-Ryu

Jujutsu. He also studied Onoha-Itto-Ryu with Master Sasaburo Takano and he

awarded a license of full proficiency of the style in 1906.

In 1898, Master Katsunosuke Matsuoka past away, after that Nakayama decided

to succeed of Shinto-Yoshin-Ryu' the third position.

April 1, 1897 Otsuka enterd the school of Tatsusaburo Nakayama.

June 1, 1920 Otsuka completed all the lessons and took the license of the highest

degree of the school, which allowed him to succeed his master's position.