Ritsuko Nakayama, pioneer of Japan's bowling boom, dies at 84

Kyodo News · KYODO NEWS · 2026-11-08 00:22 UTC

Ritsuko Nakayama, a pioneering female professional bowler who helped ignite the bowling boom of the late 1960s and 1970s in Japan, died Saturday, according to the national sport organization. She was 84.

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