was an amateur
tennis player
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from Japan who competed in the 1920s and 1930s, including the
1924 Summer Olympics
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.
Harada was also ranked World No. 10 by Myers and the U.S. No. 3 in 1925.
He was ranked World No. 7 in 1926 by
A. Wallis Myers of ''
The Daily Telegraph
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''.
In 1923 he won the
All-Japan Championships singles title.
Harada moved to the United States to continue his studies at the
Harvard University
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.
In 1926 he won the
Jamaican International Championships. In 1929 he won the
All-Japan Championships singles and doubles.
He was coached by Harry Cowles.
Personal life
Takeichi Harada was married and his first child was born in 1929.
He was the head manager of a mall in Tokyo.
In 1925 he was awarded the AAF World Trophy by the
Amateur Athletic Foundation for his merits in tennis.
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1899 births
1978 deaths
Olympic tennis players for Japan
Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Japanese male tennis players
Tennis players from Osaka
20th-century Japanese sportsmen