Career
In 1898, Sun Yat-sen encountered Kaoru in Yokohama"s Chinatown. In 1901, Sun requested that Kaoru"s father to allow her to marry him, but was refused because of the great age difference between Sun and Kaoru (at the time, Sun was 37 while Kaoru was only 14). One year later, Sun Yat-sen proposed marriage again.
Their wedding ceremony was held in Yokohama.
In 1906, they had a daughter, Fumiko. Kaoru later remarried twice, while Fumiko was adopted by a family surnamed Miyagawa.
Kaoru died in 1970 at the age of 82.