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miyake visiting maitrot 's academy in paris , 1914 1935 165 lb kg on okayama , japan mataemon torajiro tanabe 5 7 1898 japan 1882 taro miyake.jpg taro miyake
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taro miyake

taro miyake -lrb- `` miyake taruji '' -rrb- -lrb- c. 1881 -- 1935 -rrb- was a japanese professional wrestler .
in 1905 he departed japan for london , where he famously defeated the reigning champion in the jujutsu style , yukio tani .
miyake and tani then joined forces , opening a jujutsu school and co-authoring a book titled `` the game of ju-jitsu '' .
he is credited for helping establish judo in the united kingdom at the start of the 20th century .
in london , he sat for the well-known english artist and lithographer albert de belleroche .
miyake toured all over the u.s. in the 1920s .
in 1928 miyake returned to japan and toured there with three other wrestlers , but professional wrestling was not popular in japan back then and the shows did not sell tickets .
he was also known for having defeated yukio tani .
as of 1932 , in his 50s , he was still competing in bouts at madison square garden .
he died in 1935 .
