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2 unusual facts about Kenkichi Oshima


Kenkichi Oshima

He then accepted the post of professor emeritus (and later Vice President) of Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, where he undertook reforms of the athletic department to strengthen the Japanese team in preparation for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Fluent in the German language, during the Berlin Olympics, Ōshima had a 20 minute interview of Adolf Hitler, who apparently mistook Ōshima for a Japanese military attache of the same surname.



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