
Tomoji Miyamoto
was born in 1945, graduated as a lawyer from Chuo University.
Holds a fifth dan (maximum grade given by Gichin
Funakoshi, Shigeru Egami and in Shotokai), is a Shotokan instructor (that is of the
Shotokan Dojo, the Hombu Dojo of Shotokai in Japan, a reconstruction
of the original dojo).
Lecturer in physical education at Chuo University. He also teaches at
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Seijo University.
Shigeru Egami's right hand until his death (Master Egami's) in 1981. In master
Egami's book: Karate, Beyond Technique,
Miyamoto Sensei serves as a model for the
technical photographs.