1921 (Taisho 10) Sunday, May 22 Kim Jong-oh, a Korean General, was born in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. While he was a student of the Faculty of Law at Chuo University in Japan, he went to war as a student and became an army lieutenant. After the war, he joined the Korean Army. In the Korean War, he was active in the Battle of Chuncheon and the Battle of Hakuba Highland. After the armistice, he served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of the Army General Staff. He died at the age of 1966, 44. The Battle of Hakuba Highlands was one of the fierce battles...

1921 (Taisho 10) Friday, May 20 Former Nissan Chairman Yutaka Kume was born in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo Prefectural Sixth Junior High School (Current Metropolitan Shinjuku High School), he enrolled in the Department of Aeronautical Engines, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Imperial University, where he was involved in the manufacture and repair of military aircraft during World War II. After the war, he joined Nissan Motor Company in 1946 (Showa 21). After that, he served as General Manager of Engineering Department of Zama Plant and General Manager of Yoshiwara Plant. Kume became the president of Nissan Motors in 1985 (Showa 60). He led Nissan’s golden age in the bubble economy....

1921 (Taisho 10) Thursday, May 19 Civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama was born in San Pedro, California. Her father is Seiichi Nakahara, a fish merchant who immigrated from Japan, and her mother is Tsuyako Sawaguchi Nakahara, a piano teacher who graduated from university. The family was relatively wealthy, and Yuri grew up in an area with a lot of white people. However, when the Pacific War started, the family was detained for the incarceration of Japanese-Americans, and their lives changed completely. He loses his father, Seiichi, in custody. In 1946, she married Bill Kochiyama, a second-generation Japanese-American military man whom she met during her detention, and had 6 children. In...

1921 (Taisho 10) Monday, May 16 Professional wrestler Kinji Shibuya was born in Utah, the United States. He was raised in Los Angeles as a second-generation Japanese American, and played an active role as an offense guard of American football at Belmont High School. He also played as an American football player at the University of Hawaii in the Hula Bowl, an all-star game at the U.S. National University, and joined semi-pro teams such as the Honolulu Polar Bears and the Honolulu Warriors. In 1952, he was scouted by Shikina OKI and joined professional wrestling. The following year, he took on the NWA champion, Lou Thesz, and attracted attention. Active...