Shoto Kashii
Shoto or Shōtō may refer to: * Shoto (sword), a Japanese sword Places * Shoto-ko, a former name of Songdo Point in North Korea * Shōtō, Shibuya, a residential district of Tokyo, Japan Fictional characters * Shoto Todoroki, a character in the Japanese superhero manga series ''My Hero Academia'' * Akilhide Karatsu, a character in ''Ready Player One'' whose OASIS persona is Shoto. * Ryu (Street Fighter), Ken Masters, and Akuma (Street Fighter) , known in Japan as , is a fictional character from the ''Street Fighter'' series of fighting games created by Capcom. Akuma made his debut in ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' as a secret character and an alternative boss to the villain M. B ...

Shoto (sword)
A is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were made as early as the Yayoi period (1,000 BC – 300 AD), though most people generally refer to the curved blades made from the Heian period (794–1185) to the present day when speaking of "Japanese swords". There are many types of Japanese swords that differ by size, shape, field of application, and method of manufacture. Some of the more commonly known types of Japanese swords are the ''uchigatana'', ''tachi'', ''ōdachi'', ''wakizashi'', and ''tantō''. Etymology The word ''katana'' was used in ancient Japan and is still used today, whereas the old usage of the word ''nihontō'' is found in the poem the Song of ''Nihontō'', by the Song dynasty poet Ouyang Xiu. The word ''nihontō'' became more common in Japan in the late Tokugawa shogunate. Due to importation of Western swords, the word ''nihontō'' was adopted to distinguish it from the . ''Meibutsu'' (noted swords) is a special designat ...
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