Ryotaro Azuma
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23 April 1959 – 22 April 1967
1 October 1953 – 18 September 1958
Osaka, Japan
Ryōtarō Azuma (東 龍太郎, Azuma Ryōtarō, January 16, 1893 – May 26, 1983) was a Japanese physician and bureaucrat who served as Governor of Tokyo from 1959 to 1967.[1] In 1950, Azuma became a member of the international Olympic Committee (IOC).[2]
Education
Born in Osaka, he attended Tokyo Imperial University and studied at the University of London, specializing in physical chemistry and physiology.[2]
Career
He served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, took a position in the Health Ministry after the war, and later became head of Ibaraki University.[3] In the 1950s he served as head of the Japanese Olympic Committee and played a role in bringing the 1964 Summer Olympics to Tokyo.[4][5][6]
In 1959, he was nominated as the Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Tokyo gubernatorial election. He defeated Socialist candidate Hachirō Arita and took office on April 27. Much of his legacy as governor surrounds the improvements to Tokyo before and during the 1964 Olympics, and accompanying pollution and administrative issues.[2]
Personal life
In 1919, he married Teruko, a daughter of Yamakawa Kenjirō.
He is interred in the Tama Reien Cemetery in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan.[2][5][6]
References
- ^ "歴代市長、長官、知事". Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "歴代学長". Ibaraki University. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Barker, Philip (7 February 2020). "The doctor who made the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games possible". Inside the games. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ a b Odeven, Ed (24 August 2013). "A look back at when Tokyo was awarded 1964 Olympics". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Ryotaro Azuma Is Dead at 90; A Former Governor of Tokyo". The New York Times. 27 May 1983. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Governor of Tokyo 1959–1967 | Succeeded by |
Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by | President of the Japan Amateur Athletic Association 1947–1958 | Succeeded by |
President of the Japanese Olympic Committee 1947–1958 | ||
Preceded by | President of the Ski Association of Japan 1968–1975 | Succeeded by Motohiko Ban |
Academic offices | ||
Preceded by Kyōhei Suzuki | President of Ibaraki University 1953–1958 | Succeeded by Tadashi Futakata Acting |
Other offices | ||
Preceded by Tadashi Adachi | President of the Japan Good Deed Association 1961–1965 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Seiichirō Yasui | President of the Japan Good Deed Association 1972–1983 | Succeeded by Tadashi Adachi |
Preceded by Jitsuzō Kawanishi | President of the Japanese Red Cross Society 1968–1978 | Succeeded by |
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(1868–1947)
- Karasumaru Mitsue
- Ōki Takatō
- Mibu Motoosa
- Yuri Kimimasa
- Ōkubo Ichiō
- Kusumoto Masataka
- Matsuda Michiyuki
- Yoshikawa Akimasa
- Watanabe Hiromoto
- Hachisuka Machiaki
- Tomita Tetsunosuke
- Miura Yasushi
- Koga Michitsune
- Okabe Nagamoto
- Koizuka Ryu
- Senge Takatomi
- Abe Hiroshi
- Usami Katsuo
- Shigeo Ōdachi
- Toshizō Nishio
- Hisatada Hirose
- Shōhei Fujinuma
- Haruo Matsui
- Seiichirō Yasui
- Kazumi Iinuma
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(1947–present)
- Seiichirō Yasui
- Ryotaro Azuma
- Ryokichi Minobe
- Shunichi Suzuki
- Yukio Aoshima
- Shintaro Ishihara
- Naoki Inose
- Yōichi Masuzoe
- Yuriko Koike