Ginnosuke Tanaka
Ginnosuke Tanaka | |
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Ginnosuke Tanaka | |
| Born | 20 January 1873 |
| Died | 27 August 1933 (aged 60) |
Ginnosuke Tanaka (田中 銀之助, Tanaka Ginnosuke; 20 January 1873 – 27 August 1933) is credited with the introduction of rugby to Japan. He was educated at the Leys School in Cambridge and then Trinity Hall, a college of Cambridge University. He introduced rugby to students at Keio University, in 1899, with the help of Edward Bramwell Clarke. Later, he pursued a career in banking.