Ichizo Kobayashi

Ichizo Kobayashi (小林 一三)

• School Keio University

• Born January 3, 1873 in Koma-gun, Yamanashi Japan
• Died January 25, 1957 in Ikeda, Osaka Japan

Biographical Information

Ichizo Kobayashi was a Japanese businessman and politician. He was president of Hankyu Electric Railroad and several other companies. He helped organize the Hankyu Braves in 1936 and built Nishinomiya Stadium. He was a member of Japan's House of Peers from 1941-1946 and served as Commerce Minister (1940-1941) and Secretary of State (1945-1946). He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968, the same year as his brother Munehide Tanabe.

Sources

• Japanese Hall of Fame
• Japanese Wikipedia