Word: ryuji
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their twenties, have varied backgrounds: one hopes to be a graphic designer, another once taught ballroom dancing, a third studies by day for his Ph.D. Each must sign a pledge agreeing, among other things, not to unbutton his jacket or dance slower than the beat of the music. To Ryuji Kami jo, 27. a much sought after host at the Club Tokyo, the life of a male geisha is not all sake and cherry blossoms. Of the customers, he sighs: "One moment, they are full of sunshine, then the next, full of thunderstorms. It's a hard life...
...faint pucker played fitfully across his cheeks. Between moves, he toyed with a fan. In every other respect, Ryuji Iyeda last week remained glacially calm. Only 28, he was taking on nine of the best Go players simultaneously in Manhattan's Nippon Club. But then Iyeda has been playing the ancient Oriental board game constantly since he was eight, now ranks as a fifth Dan professional (ninth Dan is highest) in his native Japan, where Go has been the national indoor game for as long as anybody can remember. Besides, this time was really only a warmup: later...