'Juke and Doe'

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Captain kimiro was given a five-day leave to visit his parents. When he returned he reported to the captain who said I have known about your achievements in judo. He then lowered his voice tone and said do you really want to go to the battlefield? Yes, absolutely Really, but that's a problem. You will be sent to the Solomon Islands. The transportation ship unit I was going to get on board was discovered by b29s immediately before reaching the Solomon Islands Had oil scattered over the entire deck received numerous bombs and was engulfed in flames of over 500 and several tens of members. Only one of them survived and managed to swim to a nearby island despite a severe burn.

Masahiko Kimura (木村政彦, Kimura Masahiko, September 10, 1917 – April 18, 1993) was a Japanese judoka and professional wrestler who is widely considered one of the greatest judoka of all time.^[1]^[2]^[3] He won the All-Japan Judo Championships three times in a row for the first time in history and had never lost a judo match from 1936 to 1950. An author said," In the history of judo, no one is the strongest before Kimura and no one is the strongest after Kimura."^[4] He has often been described as the strongest judoka in history.^[5] In submission grappling, the reverse ude-garami arm lock is often called the "Kimura",^[6] due to his famous victory over Gracie jiu-jitsu founder Hélio Gracie. In the Japanese professional wrestling world, he is known for the controversial match he had with Rikidōzan.