Ichiya Kumagae

Ichiya Ichy Kumagae was a Japanese tennis player and the first Japanese Olympic medalist.

Kumagae was born onSeptember 1890 in muta, Fukuoka Prefecture. He attended Keio University. In 1913, he, along with other members of the Keio University Tennis Club, pushed for the abandonment of soft tennis in favor of lawn tennis, which was popular internationally. Kumagae was sent to play in the 1913 Far Eastern Games held in Manila, marking the first overseas competition for a Japanese tennis player. He reached the singles semifinals and the doubles finals, and his form was subsequently influenced by United States champion Bill Johnson, whose short stature had earned him the moniker Little Bill.

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