Kinrey Matsuyama

A Time article from 1952 referred to Matsuyama as a Japanese Willie Hoppe.

[2] Matsuyama had had plans to move to Honolulu with his family, become an American citizen, and purchase a billiard parlor.

[3] His eldest son, Hideo, 18, was attending a San Francisco high school at the time.

Matsuyama was said to have taught all of Japan's top players, among whom Katsura was his star pupil.

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