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Kenji Takaki (10 March 1894 – May 1984) was a merchant seaman and actor in both the theatre and cinema. He was of Japanese descent and played small roles in a number of mainly British films as well as being a character extra in others. == Life == Kenji Takaki, also known as Kengi or Genji, was born in Ehime Ken, Japan, on the island of Shikoku. In 1906 he arrived at Liverpool as a passenger on board the RMS Cedric a liner of the White Star Line from the United States in search of a better life.〔Passenger and Crew Lists (various years) Retrieved from http://www.ancestry.co.uk〕 Takaki became a seaman some time prior to 1916 travelling to various ports around America and to and fro across the Pacific Ocean. His ships included the Tokai Maru in 1916, the Seiko Maru (previously HMAS Mallina) and the SS Portfield (1920). From 1926 he was employed by the Larrinaga Steamship Company of Liverpool which sailed to various destinations around the world.〔Keiko Ito (2013). The Japanese Community in Pre-War Britain. p24. Routledge, UK〕 In 1935 he entered the British Merchant navy as a seaman, was naturalized in 1936 〔The London Gazette October 6, 1936. p.6361. The Stationery Office, British Government〕 and obtained a British passport. His Continuous Certificate of Discharge showed he made 45 voyages between 1918 and 1940.〔 Early in World War Two his ship was captured and he was interred in a Prisoner-of-war camp because of his British papers. He was transferred to Marlag und Milag Nord, a prison camp specifically for members of the Merchant Navy, located east of Bremen, and held in captivity until the end of the war. Following the war he moved to London where he lived for most of the rest of his life dying in 1984 at the age of 90 years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenji Takaki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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