-Early Life- Although I never met my granddad, it's obvious that he was an athlete. He was born 1907 in Nakatsu, Oita. His father Kichijiro was 55 years old when he died during a job accident building a temple in Nakatsu. That temple is called Myorenji and it still exists today. Not much is known about his mother Yuwa other than he wrote that she was from Shimata, Nakatsu and she came from a farming family. In his book he writes that growing up he loved sumo wrestling, runnin