Ken Kensei (aka Noboru Kataoka) is a world renowned Kendo teacher as well as a competitive Kendo player. He began the study of Kendo from age of 15 in Kochi, Japan. He moved to USA from Japan when he was 24 years old. And he started to teach Kendo in New York City. He has been a great practitioner and a competitive player in all parts of the world. He also began to study Iaido, at the age of 15. His sword style has been preserved for over 4 centuries in Kochi Japan. He is now the 20th generation Menkyo-Kaiden (successor) of the Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaido. In 1980 when some casting people saw his Kendo and Iaido, they asked him to be in a movie. Since that year he studied acting and joined the acting business.