Fumio Nanri

For that reason he often changed his address; Hiroshima Prefecture where his mother's family home were in, Kyoto Prefecture where the family his elder sister married into, Kobe where his elder brother lived in, and various locations.

Nanri lived in Dalian, China from 1937 to 1940, he played at Perroquet Dance Hall (ペロケ舞踏場, Peroke Butō-jō) in 1937.

Nanri suffered a sudden onset of optic atrophy in 1953 and nearly lost his sight.

Nanri played with Bobby Hackett, Clark Terry and some musicians at Trumpet Workshop to the memory of the late Louis Armstrong in 1971.

Nanri always played Dixieland jazz in a straight line, however he was engaged upon bebop for a period of postwar time.