Hideo Maruki
Born on New Year's Day in 1935 (Showa 10). Graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Osaka Prefecture University in 1958 (Showa 33). In the same year, he joined Toshiba Radiation (now Canon Medical). In 1967, he became general manager of the company's Brazilian distributor. From 1970, he worked for medical companies such as GE in the United States. After retiring, he lived in Canada and joined the Toronto Masters Swimming Club in 2005. He won a silver medal and a bronze medal at the World Masters Swimming Championships held in Russia in 2015. He is aiming to win a gold medal at the World Masters Games Kansai tournament to be held in Japan in 2021.
(Updated August 2020)
Stories from This Author
Brazilian immigrants' unusual business
Sept. 18, 2020 • Hideo Maruki
I wrote this story in the Toronto Continental Times in 2008 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Brazil when I moved from Brazil to Canada. It was about the great achievements of my teacher, Maki Sakae, who was extremely kind to me in Rio de Janeiro, and I would like to introduce it again here. It was the 800-meter relay world record set by the Nihon University swimming team of Furuhashi, Hashizume, Maki, and Hamaguchi, nicknamed the …
Memories from the Volga
Aug. 31, 2020 • Hideo Maruki
I am 85 years old this year and have many memories from my more than half a century of life as an immigrant in Brazil, the United States, and Canada. The most memorable memory of my life was the sense of accomplishment I felt when I stood on the podium at the Masters World Championships in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation, at the age of 80. In Japan, I was a third-rate swimmer …
