Any of the rods from Japanese companies are good rods. Daiwa and Shimano are considered to be the best but Nissin and Shimotsuke also make very nice rods. Depending on your specific intended use, a seiryu or keiryu rod might be a better choice than a tenkara rod, which also makes Suntech a possibility. Which rod is really a more important question than which manufacturer, but that depends on where you fish (stream or lake, brushy and overgrown or open, width of streams), what you fish for (small wild trout, 18-20" trout, bluegills, carp, etc), what you like in a rod (full flex, mid flex, tip flex), what line you prefer (level or furled), your budget (under $100 to over $300) and whether you want an "all around" rod or a specialty rod for a specific purpose.