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Time to introduce you to Shoitsu Suda, the Canyoneers' Bench Coach. This profile may be a bit longer than average, but if it is, then so be it. With no further ado, then, let's start trying to get to know him at least a little bit here, if we can, folks.

Shoitsu Suda was born on September 15, 1888 in Tokyo, Japan to Hirotaka and the former Kotoko Hasabe as their fourth son and sixth of nine children overall. He has four brothers and four sisters, with his last two sisters being twins. He grew up the son of a merchant and a doctor/novelist in a very loud, but not especially confrontational family. While most of those who he and his family knew in their lives when he was younger were Buddhists and/or Shintoists, he and his family members for at least three generations on both sides have all been Protestant Christians, if not longer. This has led periodically to trouble from others for them in various ways, through various forms of persecution, including being periodically attacked or even killed at times. Yet the Sudas and many related people to them still remain faithful to Jesus, even though then now have several martyrs among themselves because of that faithfulness to Him who they've loved, do love, and will love.

Just after Shoitsu finished high school, his parents had a shared vision warning them of great potential danger ahead for many members of his family. After receiving that vision, his parents and others called a family meeting to discuss that vision. It was decided, that for his safety and the safeties of many others, they would have to leave Japan at least temporarily for several other countries. By random draw of a sort, he was put with several other people on a ship bound for California. With him on that ship were all three of his younger siblings. Other siblings of his would stay in Japan, if they were still there, while those who were currently outside Japan's territory would still remain outside of it for at least the foreseeable future, in any case. Of course, his parents would definitely stay in Japan, come what may, especially because they never wanted to leave Japan again, and because they knew they'd most likely never survive a long trip on the sea to another nearby country anyway. Especially while dealing with certain health-related issues more and more of late in their lives.

It was with much sadness and all for many people, including Shoitsu, that several ships left Japan for various other countries in the world, knowing that many aboard those ships might never actually see Japan in person again in their respective mortal lives, for various reasons. Or that those remaining in Japan might never see those people who were now leaving it, of course, in person either while still alive, for that matter.

Shoitsu would not finally return to Japan for nearly forty years, ultimately. In that intervening time, he made his way to Arizona with the siblings and others that he was put in charge of at least until they were legal adults. First settling in Phoenix, Arizona with seven other people, including his three younger siblings, he soon went to college near Phoenix. Graduating earlier from college than most would, he then quickly went into business to help support those who he was currently responsible for in his life. While he was running a small publishing business, he first met the woman who'd ultimately become his wife, one known most commonly as Ooljee Ankti Skysong, a half-Navajo and half-Hopi schoolteacher from somewhere near Flagstaff, Arizona.

By the time World War I broke out, he and Ooljee were already married, and with a child on the way within about two months of their wedding, more or less. That child, Kwahu Hideyori, was born in Flagstaff the following February. Five more children were born by the time the Nazis gained power in Germany, three of them girls. Two of his sons play pro basketball, while his youngest son is still too young to play pro sports. That son may want to play pro baseball later, though. Time will tell if that comes to pass for him, of course.

After WWII ended, Shoitsu and others went to Japan briefly, for multiple reasons. He eventually returned to where he had lived with his family and where his parents and others had worked. And while his parents and others had already been long gone from the world, he found many things they and others had hidden secretly in certain unexpected places. Including many scrolls of texts and pictures, for instance, even various family records were found in such places, for that matter. Everything he and his family found that pertained to it sufficiently, his family kept, where and when possible and appropriate and all. For other items found, they were soon given to the heirs of certain families in like manner, where and when possible, et cetera, for sure.

After Shoitsu returned to the States with his family, he then unexpectedly met Justin Geissler while they were each attending to different business-related matters near Washington, DC., quite surprisingly. They quickly got to talking about professional sports, and Justin suddenly got the urge to mention the Canyoneers currently needing a Bench Coach for their top-level ABRS team. Within three days of their first meeting, then, Shoitsu was hired by the Canyoneers as their first-ever Bench Coach.

The Suda family still lives in or near Flagstaff, generally, although one daughter now lives with her husband and their children near Fairbanks, Alaska, in truth. Shoitsu and Ooljee's marriage isn't totally perfect, for she can occasionally have fits of temper in her life, for instance. But their marriage bond is strong, and even though others have tried to split them up at times, they still remain totally devoted to and very passionately faithful to each other in their lives.

Picture(s) and certain other information will be shared later as possible and all, I'm sure. The next personnel profile that's most likely to be shared will be the one for the Arizona Canyoneers' Pitching Coach, Frank Morton. Please watch for it to be posted as soon as possible, of course. Thank you all for your time and attention here, then, everyone. CD out.