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Kotoro 'Roy' Nakamine
Served in the 442nd Regimental Combat
Team. His war experiences are included in the book "I Can Never Forget:
Men of the 100th/442nd," by Thelma Chang. Roy
boxed as a Featherweight as a young man in Hawaii and even during his
Army days (Worldwide Bantamweight Champion). He won nine major individual
crowns as bantamweight and featherweight with over 90 bouts during his
career in the ring. Later, in the Air Force, he coached the Air Force
team to a number of championships, several Pan American Trials and was
involved with the U.S. Boxing team in the Olympic Trials in the 1960's.
- 1940 - Started his fighting career with
the CYO club in downtown Honolulu
- 1943 - Won the 5th Army Bantamweight Championship
- 1944 - Runner Up All-Allied Boxing Tournament
- 1947 - Won the Bantamweight Division in
the Air Transport Command Worldwide Boxing Tournament
- 1948 - Won the 5th Air Force Featherweight
Championship
COACH
- 1947 - Began coaching career with U.S. Air
Force
- 1955 - His Pan American Team won eight of
ten weight divisions
- 1959 - His team copped two division championships
- 1954 - He took the Hickam boxing team to
the Pacific Coast Conference where 4 of his fighters took the crown
of their respective weight divisions
- 1954 - Coach All Air Force Boxing Team
- 1954 - Worldwide Inter-service Tournament
with 5 individual champions
- 1954-1964 - Coached nine Air Force teams
in inter-service boxing championships. During his coaching tenure
his teams captured 33 individual championships. Among the 33 crowns
annexed they won eight out of 10 slots open in the United States
team which competed in the Pan-American Games at Mexico City.
- 1955 - Team won crowns at Golden Gloves
tournaments in Chicago, Kansas City and Cedar Rapids
- 1955 - Team won crowns at the World-Wide
Inter-Service Championships and the National AAU tournament
- 1962-1963 - Coached the Air Defense Command
Worldwide Tournament
- 1965 - Rated as the U.S. Air Force Top Boxing
Coach
- 1994 - Inducted into the Air Force Boxing
Hall of Fame
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