1921 (Taisho 10) Sunday, April 24: The birth of the professional golfer Kobari Haruyoshi. Throughout his life he lived in his hometown and was called “The God of Nasu”. After graduating from elementary school, he took an exam for the Japanese National Railways, but failed due to color blindness. 1936 (Showa 11) I applied for a caddie position at the Nasu Golf Club and became a caddie and trainee. 1940 (Showa 15) Although he was the first professional player in Tochigi Prefecture, he was drafted into the army after only 2 matches. Since he could not distinguish the colors, he became a radio operator without a battalion. He went to...

1921 (Taisho 10) Friday, April 22 Duke Keomka, a professional wrestler who was active in the United States, is born. A Japanese American born in Sacramento. His real name was Hisao TANAKA. It is useful as a heel that uses anti-Japanese feelings. He competed against many famous American wrestlers. The tag team with Hiro Mazda is also popular. Duke Keomka was in its prime in the 1960s. On October 31, 1961, he played against Buddy Rodgers, then NWA World Champion, and gained popularity. After that, he became one of the top wrestlers centering on the dispute with Fritz Von Erich. He won the NWA World Tag Team Championship four times....

Tuesday, April 19, 1921: Professional baseball player SAKAMOTO Shigeru is born in Oji, Kita Ward, Tokyo. Since elementary school, he has been playing amateur baseball for adults. With a swift run of 100 m 12 s flat, he was the Kanto elementary school student champion in the sprint. He hit 6 homers in 12 games between elementary schools in Tokyo and the newspaper said, “THE PRINCE’S GENIUS BOY”. After advancing to Nihon University Third Junior High School under the old system and current Nihon University Third High School, Sakamoto led the team as the fudo-no-yonban batter and participated in Koshien 4 times, reaching the last 8 in the 26 tournament....

1921 (Taisho 10) Monday, April 18 “oldest active pianist” Mayako MUROI was born. She started playing the piano at the age of six, and studied under TAKAORI Miyaji (Miyaji Takaori), a leading prewar pianist who is also famous for teaching the piano to Her Majesty the Empress Michiko. 1941 (Showa 16) Graduated Tokyo Music School with top honors. Graduated in 1943 (Showa 18) under Professor Leonid Kreutzer. 1945 (Showa 20) Debuted as a soloist at Hibiya Public Hall in January at a concert of the Japan Symphony Orchestra, the predecessor of the current NHK Symphony Orchestra. After that, many performances were held, and it is said that he goes to...

Monday, April 11, 1921 Actress Hisako Yamane is born in Tokyo. Since my childhood, I have studied piano, nursery rhymes, Western dance and Japanese dance, and I went on to study at Ochanomizu Cultural School, the women’s department. Unlike Bunka Fashion College, which is famous for its fashion design, Bunka Gakuin was founded 100 years ago in April 1921 by Isaku Nishimura, Akiko Yosano, Tekkan Yosano and Hakutei Ishii. In 1936, when he was a student at Bunka Gakuin, he made his debut at the age of 15, signing a contract with P.C.L. Film Seisakusho. The PCL merged with three other film companies in the following year and became Toho...

On Friday, April 8, 1921, actor Imafuku Masao is born in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture. In 1940, after graduating from Fukuoka Prefectural (Kaho) Kaho Junior High School under the old system and the present Fukuoka Prefectural Kaho Senior High School, he became an engineer for Kyushu Airplane. Just after the war, he was asked by someone he happened to know in the black market to help with the sound effects of radio dramas, and he joined NHK Fukuoka Broadcasting Company Limited. After appearing in radio and television dramas in her hometown, he moved to Tokyo in 1966 and joined the Theater Research Institute attached to the Bungakuza Theater Company in Shinanomachi....

Kurataro Takamura, the cinematographer who supported the golden age of Nikkatsu, was born on Wednesday, April 6, 1921. 140 films were shot, including “I’m Waiting” by Nikkatsu in 1957, “Bakumatsu Taiyouden” by Nikkatsu in 1957, “Mukumatsu Taiyouden” by Nikkatsu in 1959, “Migratory Bird with Guitar” by Nikkatsu in 1959, “One Million People in Chorus” by Toho in 1972, and “Ippai no Kakesoba” by Toei in 1992. He has shot about 140 films, including “The End of the Edo Period” (1959), “The Migratory Bird with a Guitar” (1972), “A Million People in Chorus” (1972), and “Ippai Kakesoba” (1992). He died in 2005 at the age of 84.

Born Niè Yuánzǐ on Tuesday, April 5, 1921, in Henan Province, China, he was inspired by the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to join the Chinese Communist Party in 1938 at the age of 17. After graduating from the National Normal School in Taiyuan, he received military training from the Anti-Japanese Salvation Organization, the Sacrifice and Salvation League. 1939 found him in Yan’an, the headquarters of the CCP, but he went on to Peking University, where he graduated with a degree in philosophy and became a lecturer there. On May 16, 1966, when the Cultural Revolution became public knowledge through the “Five Eleventh Sixth Notice” at the enlarged...

Ume Takeda was born in Nakano City, Nagano Prefecture on Thursday, March 24, 1921. 1941: Moved to Shinsei Kinema Oizumi Studio and then to Nippon Eiga-sha (Japan Film Corporation). 1951: Moved to Toho Studio and then became freelance. In 1951, he became a freelance editor at Toho Studios, where he edited many special effects television programs, including Ultraman Leo, Red Baron, and Triple Fighter.