Seiichi is the oldest surfer to surf (male); he was 88 years and 288 days old when the record was verified on 8 July 2022.
Seiichi was born in Hokkaido on 23 September 1933, meaning he’ll celebrate his 90th birthday this year.
After graduating from secondary school, he had moved to Tokyo and attended a wireless telegraph school. It was a post-war environment back then, and Seiichi would take a wide variety of jobs, including as cabaret staff and a doorman at a foreigners’ club.
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