Word: nishikubo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Though even Royalty honors great sumos with medals and decorations, Mayor Nishikubo of Tokyo ranks, as an exponent of Kenjutsu (fencing), above the most renowned wrestlers and on a par with the most honored ju-jutsuists...
Recently the citizens of Tokyo chose famed swordsman-fencer Hiromichi Nishikubo as their Mayor. Last week he stepped upon a pair of scales to determine whether his now sedentary life has affected his weight. It has not. Mayor Nishikubo still weighs 238 pounds...
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