Japan Times and Advertiser, Monday 31th March 1941
(Morning Edition Page 4)
Future Sumo Champ
Kinichi Nojiri, 16, who has just graduated from Hojo
Primary School, Ibaraki Prefecture, arrived in Tokyo Saturday to become
a pupil of Dewanoumi, managing-director of the Japan Sumo Wrestling Association.
Mayor Tomejiro Okubo of Tokyo is the introducer of this giant to Dewanoumi,
Nojiri measures 5.53 feet and weighs about 200 pounds.
