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.
See also Anglo-Japanese relations Japan national rugby union team Japan Rugby Football Union Kikuchi Dairoku Japanese students in Britain
References
For the historical background see 'Britain's Contribution to the Development of Rugby Football in Japan 1874–1998' by Alison Nish, Chapter 27, Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits , Volume III, Japan Library, 1999 Japanese Students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era, 1868–1912: Pioneers for the Modernization of Japan, by Noboru Koyama, translated by Ian Ruxton, lulu.com, 2004. ).