General Facts

Born: July 27, 1866 in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Died: December 7, 1956

Items of Interest

Drew the first picture of the game of baseketball. See here.
Among the Original 18 Team members inducted into the inaugural class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on March 3, 1959

1876: Moved to Tokyo, Japan with his mother

September 30, 1886: Left Japan and entered the Westminster Prep school in San Francisco, California

1889: Entered the Pacific Theological Seminary in San Francisco

1890: Moved to Northfield Massachusetts, and entered the Mount Hermon Prep School

1892: Graduated from the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College)

1892-1897: General Secretary, Japanese Branch YMCA, San Francisco, California

1897: Enrolled in the University of Wisconsin, Madison

1899: Submitted Masters degree thesis

1901: Submitted Doctoral degree thesis

August 15, 1901: Married in Alexandria, Ontario, Canada, and moved back to Tokyo, Japan with his wife

1903: Started working at the Mitsui Products Co., Ltd in Tokyo, Japan

1905: Became general manager of branch of the company in Hamburg, Germany

April 4, 1906: First child Akemi (daughter) was born

1917: Returned to Tokyo, while his wife and daughter went back to Alexandria, Ontario (never returned to Japan)

1918: Left his job with Mitsui