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MIZUNO, Rihachi

President of sporting goods company

Inducted	1971
Category	Elected by the Special Committee
From	Gifu
Born	May 15,1884
Died	March 9,1970
Alma Mater	Koubun Higher Elementary School

Founder of the Mizuno's (1906), pioneer of sporting goods production. He was active in promoting baseball by holding various tournaments nationwide,notably the one in 1913, which evolved into Inter-Middle School Championship.

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