Toyoji Takahashi

was a Japanese footballer. He was part of Japan's team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Biography
Takahashi started playing football while in high school. After graduating, he became a student at Tokyo Imperial University's Faculty of Agriculture, where he continued to play football.Asahi Shinbun, issue of 23 April 1936. (in Japanese) In 1936, he was chosen by the Japan national team for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He did not play at the Summer Olympics, where Japan notably beat Sweden 3–2 in the . However, he did play in three matches for Japan, including in two against Wacker Innsbruck and Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin before the Summer Olympics started.

After he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, Takahashi served in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. On 5 March 1940, he died in a training accident at the base of the Tateyama Navy Air Corps in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, at the age of 24. He was the first member of Japan's team at the 1936 Summer Olympics to die.

In 2016, he was added to the Japan Football Hall of Fame, as part of the 1936 Summer Olympics team.

Personal life
He was the grandson of Takahashi Korekiyo, who was the Prime Minister of Japan between 1921 and 1922, and the son of Koken Takahashi, who was a member of the Japanese House of Peers. He is also related to Kuroki Tamemoto, who was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese War.

References

Other websites

Japan Football Hall of Fame (Japan team at 1936 Olympics) at Japan Football Association

Category:1915 births
Category:1940 deaths
Category:Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
Category:Japanese footballers
Category:Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics