Susumu Noguchi (June 1, 1908May 1, 1961) was a Japanese

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who was best known for winning the Japanese

Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the ...

title. In June 1931, Susumu Noguchi tried bombing

Junnosuke Inoue was a Japanese people, Japanese financier and statesman of the Taisho and Showa eras. He was the 9th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Biography Inoue was born in Ōita Prefecture. A graduate of the Imperial University of Tokyo. I ...

's residence. Susumu Noguchi served a short prison sentence. In 1933 Noguchi was arrested for trying to assassinate the politician

Wakatsuki Reijirō Baron was a Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan. Early life Wakatsuki Reijirō was born on 21 March 1866, in Matsue, Izumo Province (present day Shimane Prefecture), the second son of samurai foot soldier (''ashigaru'') Okumura Se ...

, an important Japanese politician when the minister departed at

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in Tokyo in protest of the

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. Susumu Noguchi is the founder of Noguchi boxing gym which produced notable Japanese boxers such as Hitoshi Misako and

Hiroyuki Ebihara was a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1959 to 1969. He held the WBA, WBC, and '' The Ring'' flyweight titles from 1963 to 1964 and the WBA flyweight title again in 1969. Yuri Arbachakov used the ring name Yuri Ebihara in h ...

Personal life

Susumu Noguchi had two sons, flyweight boxer

Kyō Noguchi Kyō Noguchi (June 14, 1939January 1, 2009) is a Japanese former professional boxer who was best known for winning the Japanese flyweight title and fighting for the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation title. Professional career On April 2 ...

and

Osamu Noguchi (24 January 1934 - 9 May 2016) is often credited for creating the sport and the term kickboxing. Biography Osamu Noguchi family moved to Shanghai in 1938 at the invitation of Yoshio Kodama, Noguchi spent his childhood being entertained by Jap ...

, founder of the sport

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References

External links

Noguchi Gym
* 1908 births 1961 deaths People from Tokyo Welterweight boxers Japanese male boxers {{Japan-boxing-bio-stub