Ichizo Konishi

Ichizo Konishi is a Japanese former tennis player.
A left-handed player, Konishi was born in Osaka and grew up in Mie Prefecture. He attended Tokyo's Rikkyo University and in 1961 became their first student athlete to win the intercollegiate championships.
Konishi, who reached the singles third round of the 1965 French Championships, debuted for the Japan Davis Cup team in 1965 and featured in 12 singles rubbers across four campaigns during his career.
In 1966 he was All Japan champion for the only time and finished runner-up to Davis Cup teammate Osamu Ishiguro at the Asian Games in Bangkok.