Novelist Hajime Komine is born in Kobe. His real name was Sumio Hirooka. He graduated from the Osaka School of Foreign Languages (now the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Osaka University), and joined the Mainichi Newspapers in 1943. In 1973, he won the Edogawa Rampo Award for “Archimedes Doesn’t Get His Hands Dirty”. He published many mystery novels in his youth. He died in 1994 at the age of 73. Ten years after his death, all of his works were out of print. However, in 2006, “Archimedes Doesn’t Get His Hands Dirty” was reprinted in Kodansha’s library and became a hot topic.

Born on March 20 (Sun), 1921, Anami Korehiro was born as the second son of General Anami Korechika. Like his father, Korehiro also entered the army, graduating from the Military Academy (58th class) in June 1945, but the war soon ended and his father committed suicide as the last Minister of Army. He died in 1975 at the age of 54.

Takashi Asada, urban planner and architect, was born in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, on Saturday, March 19, 1921. He entered the Tokyo Imperial University Faculty of Engineering from the old Matsuyama High School, and joined the Navy in 1943. In 1943, he joined the Navy and was involved in research on Hiroshima immediately after the atomic bombing. After the world war II, he worked as the right-hand man of architect Kenzo Tange. Formed “Metabolism,” a group of designers who led the Osaka World Exposition. He died in 1990 at the age of 69.