Nishio Shoji was born 21 March 1912. Maître Nishio was 8e danAikikai shihan , 6e dan de Judo, 8e dan Iaïdo, and 7e dan de Karate. Began practice at the AIKIKAI HOMBU DOJO at the end of 1951 and became a shihan c. 1955. Also an advanced practitioner of judo, karate, iaido and jojutsu, elements of which are incorporated into his aikido. He taught for more than five decades in the Tokyo-Yokohama area. His overseas travels took him to Scandanavia, the U. S. and France. Nishio participated in the 1985 FRIENDSHIP DEMONSTRATION.

            He died on 15th March 2005, aged 77.