Education
Chuo University; Osaka University.
円谷 幸吉円谷 幸吉
Chuo University; Osaka University.
Kokichi was also a 1st lieutenant in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. Tsuburaya competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, finishing sixth in the 10,000m event and lining up for the marathon as well, on the final day of competition. Tsuburaya entered the stadium second, but was overtaken on the final lap by the furious sprint of Britain"s Basil Heatley and finished third, earning the bronze medal.
Tsuburaya was mortified by the loss to Heatley, saying to fellow marathoner Kenji Kimihara, "I committed an inexcusable blunder in front of the Japanese people.
I have to make amends by running and hoisting the Hinomaru in the next Olympics, in Mexico". Shortly after the Tokyo Olympics, Kokichi suffered from an ongoing back problem, known as lumbago.
On January 9, 1968, he committed suicide by slashing his wrist in his dormitory room where he had stayed during his training period for the Mexico City Olympics. Please forgive medical Thank you very much for everything you have done for medical " He was twenty-seven years old.