Born in Itayanagi, Kitatsugaru District, Katō was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, winning the College Yokozuna title in his final year.
Misawa, Aomori | Morita, Aomori | Namioka, Aomori | Inakadate, Aomori | Higashi-Aomori Station | Hachinohe, Aomori | Aomori, Aomori | Kizukuri, Aomori | Iwaki, Aomori | Itayanagi, Aomori | Itayanagi | Fukaura, Aomori | Aomori |
Other members of the family included Representative, Councillor and Governor Bunji Tsushima (Seiyūkai/LDP – Aomori), Representative Kichirō Tazawa (LDP – Aomori), Representative Kyōichi Tsushima (LDP/DPJ – Tōhoku), Representative, Peer and Kanagi mayor Gen'emon Tsushima (Seiyūkai – Aomori), Kanagi mayor Eiji Tsushima and writers Shūji Tsushima (Osamu Dazai), Yūko Tsushima, Shizuko Ōta and Haruko Ōta.
The story focuses and revolves around the 108th Guard Squad, stationed in Aomori, Aomori.
Tamboāto Station, a railway station built specially to serve an area famous for rice paddy art in Inakadate, Aomori
Tōhoku is located in north-central Aomori Prefecture, bordering on the west shore of Lake Ogawara.