Takeichi Nishi

was a Japanese military officer and athlete. He is best known as an  equestrian who competed in two Summer Olympic Games.Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "Takeichi Nishi"; retrieved 2012-8-14.

Nishi  won a gold medal in show jumping at the 1932 Summer Olympics at Los Angeles. He was also on the Japanese team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.Takahashi, Katsumi. "Baron Nishi: 1932 Olympic Gold Medalist for Japan,"  Journal of Olympic History (June 2003), Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 46-49; retrieved 2012-8-14.

He was a tank unit commander at the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was killed in action during the defense of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.

In popular culture
In the 2006 American film Letters from Iwo Jima, Nishi was played by Korean-Japanese actor Tsuyoshi Ihara.Internet Movie Database (IMDb),  Letters from Iwo Jima; retrieved 2012-8-14.

 Related pages
 Sports in Japan
 Japan at the Olympics

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