Ukichi Yonemoto

Ukichi Yonemoto (米本卯吉, Yonemoto Ukichi, June 20, 1887; Edogawa City, Tokyo - July 6, 1974; Kaga, Tokyo {age 87} ) is a Japanese businessman and chairman of the Nippon Sport Science University Setagaya Campus. He also served as chairman of the TOKYOTOKEIBA CO.,LTD. and head director of KOMA STUDIUM CO., LTD.. Born in Edogawa City, Tokyo, Ukichi lived in Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo. He also served as the fourth chairman of Toho Studio from 1950 to 1955.
==Career==
After serving as President and Representative Director of Shizuoka Mutual Bank, he ran as an independent governor for the 1929 Tokyo City Assembly general election, but was rejected and lost the vote. In March 1948, Ukichi became the chairman of the Educational Foundation of Nippon Sport Science University Group. 
He inaugurated and became Toho Studio Director on November 17, 1947. In 1949, Ukichi became president of Toho during the Toho Dispute. In 1950, Ukichi was appointed as chairman of the company in place of Tetsuzo Watanabe, who runs for the 1950 Japanese House of Councillors election. Ukichi then formed the Toho Entertainment School on April 16, 1955 and became the principal. Therefore, Ukichi retired as chairman of the board on September 20 of that same year. After that, he devoted himself to the president of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, which changed the school name. On April 22, 1960, he was appointed as President of All Japan Tourism Development for the newley Teganuma Disneyland Project.
At 10:21 pm on July 6, 1974, Ukichi died at the Aisei Hospital in Kaga,Tokyo at the age of 87 from chronic kidney disease.