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Hidetoshi Tanaka
Hidetoshi Tanaka (田中英壽、also 田中英寿) was the 12th chairman of the board of Nihon University from 2008 to December 2021. He was also a senior executive of the Japanese Olympic Committee from before resigning sometime between 2015 and 2018. He was also a vice-director of the Japan Sumo Association from until 2022 when he resigned in the wake of a financial scandal.

Personal History
In 1946 Hidetoshi Tanaka was born as the third son of a farmer from Kanagi-cho, Kita-tsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture. He started learning sumo in elementary school and distinguished himself in his high school sumo club. In 1965 he graduated from Aomori Prefectural Kizukuri High School and then entered as an undergraduate in the Faculty of Economics at Nihon University. He was also active as a player in that university's sumo club, becoming a student yokozuna in his third year.

In 1969 graduated from that university, becoming a sumo coach there. In 1978 he received the Asahi Sports Award and then retired from sumo coaching. In 1999 he became the Executive Director of Nihon University and then next year he was in charge of that university's Health and Physical Education Office. In 2000 he assumed the directorship of Nihon University's Alumni Association. In 2002 he was appointed Executive Director of Nihon University and in 2005 became president of that university's Alumni Association.

Reputed Scandals
The June 23, 2005 issue of Shūnkan Bunshun reputed that Tanaka had connections with organized crime. Kenji Morita, the chairman of the board of regents of Nihon University at the time, received a report to that effect and requested an investigation [add supporting reference]. An August 15, 2005 report compiled by a special investigative committee of Nihon University consisting of six lawyers, pointed to some irregularities regarding 30 million yen had been received from a contractor for the construction of the Ekota Campus of Nihon University, and the Itoman scandal.

Moreover, on February 1, 2013, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported that Hidetoshi Tanaka had received approximately 5 million yen from a university construction contractor, and this issue was taken up in the Japanese National Diet [add supporting reference].

In February 2014, the Shūnkan Bunshun published a photo of Tanaka with Haruaki Fukuda, the second president of the Sumiyoshi-kai, a gangster association. Around September of the same year, another photo was taken with Shinobu Tsukasa, the 6th head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, was leaked, and was it posted on Internet sites such as Vice News (English version) and Daily Beast Bloomberg. On April 15, 2015, the Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Japanese Lower House questioned some facts pertaining to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hirofumi Shimomura promised to investigate [add supporting reference]. On November 29, 2021, Tanaka was arrested by the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office on suspicion of violating the Income Tax Law for hiding income in 2018 and 2020 and evading 53 million yen in income taxes [add supporting reference]. The Special Investigation Department investigated the case involving the reconstruction plans for the Nihon University School of Medicine Itabashi Hospital [add supporting reference]. In the process, the suspicion arose that Tanaka received cash from the former chairman of the Kinshukai Group corporation. Although Tanaka himself denied any involvement in financial irregularities when interviewed by the National Police Agency's Special Investigation Department, multiple searches of Tanaka's home revealed that more than 100 million yen in cash was stored [add supporting reference]. The police then decided to expose him for concealing his income and evading taxes by filing tax returns excluding rebate income received from companies affiliated with the university.

In response to his arrest, Tanaka indicated his intention to resign as chairman on December 1, which was approved at an extraordinary board meeting held on the same day, and President Naoto Kato was appointed to serve as acting regent. Later that month Tanaka was dismissed from all positions at Nihon University and on March 12, 2022 he resigned as vice president of the Japan Sumo Federation.

On the 21st of *MONTH* *YEAR*, he was granted bail by the Tokyo District Court, paid a cash bail bond of 60 million yen, and was released on the 23rd day after his arrest [add supporting reference]. He also filed an amended return on the 28th [add supporting reference]. The first trial was held at the Tokyo District Court on February 15, 2022, and Tanaka admitted to the indictment, saying, "I have no intention of fighting." On March 29, he was sentenced to 1 year in prison (3 years suspended) and a fine of 13 million yen (1 year imprisonment requested, 16 million yen fine). Neither the defendants nor the prosecution filed an appeal, and the judgment became final on April 13, 2022.