Editing Toshiki Kaifu (section)

== Early life and education ==
Kaifu was born on 2 January 1931, in [[Nagoya City]], the eldest of six brothers. His family's business Nakamura Photo Studio was established by his grandfather in the [[Meiji (era)|Meiji era]], and was situated next to the [[Matsuzakaya]] flagship department store.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Kaifu |first1=Toshiki |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/931496864 |title=Kaifu Ttoshiki kaisōroku : ware o motte inishie to nasu |last2=海部俊樹 |others=Hiroki Kakimi, 垣見洋樹 |year=2015 |isbn=978-4-931388-95-6 |pages=30–35, 223–224 |publisher=樹林舎 |oclc=931496864}}</ref>

Kaifu took the exam to the [[Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka Senior High School]], and while of the eleven students who took the test from the same school, nine were accepted and two, including Kaifu, were not. As part of the student labor mobilization during the war, he was placed in a Mitsui Heavy Industry factory where he assembled airplane engine parts day and night. In 1945, he was accepted in the Youth Airman Academy of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]], but the war ended before his planned enrolment in October.<ref name=":0" /> He was then educated at [[Chuo University]] and [[Waseda University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akimoto |first=Daisuke |date=14 January 2022 |title=In Memory of 'Kaifu Diplomacy' During the Gulf War Turmoil |url=https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/in-memory-of-kaifu-diplomacy-during-the-gulf-war-turmoil/ |accessdate=16 January 2022 |website=The Diplomat |language=en}}</ref>