Japanese aikidoka (1907-2003).
Born April 11th, 1907 in Shizuoka.
Died May 30th, 2003 at 96 years old in Aix-en-Provence.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel