Hiranuma Ryozo

Hiranuma Ryozo

Hiranuma Ryōzō ( Japanese 平沼 亮 三 ; born February 25, 1879 in Yokohama ( Kanagawa Prefecture ); died February 13, 1959 ) was a Japanese entrepreneur, politician and sports manager.

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Hiranuma Ryōzō graduated from Keiō University in 1898 . He was the managing director of Kirin Brewery , Tamagawa Electric Railway, Tokyo Gas and other companies. In 1924 he was elected to the House of Representatives and was a member of the House of Lords from 1932 .

Interested in promoting sports, he became deputy chairman of the "Japanese Sports Association" (大 日本 体育 協会, Dainippon taiiku kyōkai) in 1925, and chairman of the "All Japan Athletics Federation" (全 日本 陸上 競技 連 盟, Zen-Nippon rikujō kyōgi remmei) in 1930 Chairman of the "All Japan Gymnastics Federation" (全 日本 体操 連 盟, Zen-Nippon taisō remmei). As the successor to Kishi Seiichi, he led the Japanese team at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932 and 1936 in Berlin .

After the Pacific War he became chairman of the "Japan Sports Association" (大 日本 体育 会, Dainihon taiiku-kai). In 1946 he founded the "National Sports Festival" (国民 体育 大会, Kokumin taiiku taikai). In 1951 he became mayor of Yokohama.

In 1955, Hiranuma was honored as a person with special cultural merits and was awarded the Order of Culture .

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Text . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 538.

Web links

• Hiranuma Ryozo in the Kotobank, Japanese

Remarks

1. ↑ Today "Japanese Sports Association" (日本 ス ポ ー ツ 協会, Nihon supōtsu kyōkai).
2. ↑ Today " Japanese Athletics Federation" (日本 陸上 競技 連 盟, Nihon rikujō kyōgi remmei).
3. ↑ Today "Japanese Gymnastics Association" (日本 体操 協会, Nihon taisō kyōkai).
4. ↑ Kishi Seiichi (岸 清 一; 1867-1933) led the Japanese team to the games in Paris in 1924 and in Amsterdam in 1928.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Hiranuma is the family name, Ryōzō the first name.