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  Yukio Mishima

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  Japanese Wikipedia names Kojima Tomoo, coach of the Nihon University boxing club, as supervising Mishima's boxing practice from September 1956 until around mid-1957; English Wikipedia concurs that boxing was brief.

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  Coach (1956–1957)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Japanese Wikipedia names Kojima Tomoo, coach of the Nihon University boxing club, as supervising Mishima's boxing practice from September 1956 until around mid-1957; English Wikipedia concurs that boxing was brief.

  “9月には、鈴木智雄の紹介で、日大拳闘部の好意により、小島智雄の監督の下、ボクシングの練習も始めた”

  — 三島由紀夫 - 日本語版ウィキペディア. Wikipedia (Japanese) link history info

  “昭和31年9月、三島は日大拳闘部監督の小島智雄の門下生となって、学生たちと一緒に汗を流した。”

  — 山内, 由紀人. (2015-11-10). 三島由紀夫の青春とスポーツ――没後45年に (Web版有鄰 第541号)link history info

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