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Masaji Kiyokawa

1913 - 1999

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Masaji Kiyokawa (清川 正二, Kiyokawa Masaji; February 11, 1913 – April 13, 1999) was a Japanese businessman, sports administrator and backstroke swimmer who won two medals at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics. During his swimming career Kiyokawa set one world record, in the 400-metre backstroke. Kiyokawa was born in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, and graduated from the Tokyo College of Commerce (now Hitotsubashi University). Selected as a member of the Japanese swimming team at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 100 m backstroke event, with teammates Toshio Irie and Kentaro Kawatsu taking the silver and bronze. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masaji Kiyokawa is the 552nd most popular businessperson (up from 581st in 2019), the 1,415th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,449th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Masaji Kiyokawa ranks 552 out of 847. Before him are Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Earl Tupper, Bob Lazar, Jay Gould, Boris Hagelin, and Salt Bae. After him are Neil Aspinall, Lev Avnerovich Leviev, Jamie Dimon, Ana Botín, James Smith McDonnell, and Milton S. Hershey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Masaji Kiyokawa ranks 283. Before him are Anna Lee, Harald Edelstam, Giovanni Valetti, Rudolf Harbig, Nikolay Latyshev, and Joe Kelly. After him are Aleksanteri Saarvala, Oswald Teichmüller, Cordwainer Smith, Mary Martin, Tony Zale, and Hans-Peter Tschudi. Among people deceased in 1999, Masaji Kiyokawa ranks 223. Before him are Robert Douglas, Lester Bowie, Gorilla Monsoon, Kirk Alyn, Nikolay Latyshev, and Josef Doležal. After him are Frank Lubin, Georges Miez, Anahit Tsitsikian, Zoë Lund, Rory Calhoun, and Lawrence Stone.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaji Kiyokawa ranks 1,415 out of 6,245. Before him are Katsutoshi Naito (1895), Takashi Kageyama (1977), Kazuo Hasegawa (1908), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), and Takao Kawaguchi (1950). After him are Tomohide Nakazawa (1980), Chiaki Yamada (1966), Toshikatsu Matsuoka (1945), Mikio Aoki (1934), Toshio Suzuki (1955), and Izumi Sakai (1967).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Masaji Kiyokawa ranks 18. Before him are Tadashi Yanai (1949), Akio Toyoda (1956), Norio Ohga (1930), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), and Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858). After him are Hiro Matsushita (1961), Shuntaro Furukawa (1972), Maki Kaji (1951), Shuhei Yoshida (1964), Hiroshi Mikitani (1965), and Kaz Hirai (1960).

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