was a Japanese baseball player.

Career

Born in Tokyo, he was a southpaw pitcher for the First Higher School of Japan (Ikkō). He was famous for his hard training which enabled Ikkō to defeat the

Yokohama Country & Athletic Club The Yokohama Country & Athletic Club is a sport and recreational club located in Yamate, Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture. First founded in 1868 by Scottish cricketer James Pender Mollison (21 July 1844 – 22 November 1931) as the Yokohama Cricket C ...

(YC&AC), the strongest team in Japan baseball during the late 1800s, after first losing to them. He later studied medicine at

Tokyo Imperial University , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

and became a military doctor, but died when he was infected by the infectious disease he was studying. He was inducted into the

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame The is a museum which includes a library, reference rooms and . It first opened in 1959 next door to Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. In 1988, the museum moved to a new site within the Tokyo Dome. The Hall of Fame and Museum was created as ...

in 1966.

References

Japanese baseball players Place of birth missing University of Tokyo alumni People from Tokyo 1912 deaths 1880 births {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub