(1927-15 Mar 2005). 8th dan Aikikai. Aikikai Shihan. 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.