“Mother of Boxing” Haru Nagano, 99, passes

By Joe Koizumi

Highly respected by all of the world, Haru Nagano, the business manager of Teiken Promotions, passed away here in Tokyo on New Year’s Day. Nagano, 99, greatly contributed to Teiken Gym by devoting all herself to assisting the late Akira Honda and his son and worldwide influential promoter Akihiko. Having graduated from Jissen College, Haru, the daughter of a court judge, entered the Teiken at the age of twenty-two in 1948 although she didn’t know it was a boxing enterprise.