Togorō Uzaki

Uzaki was born in Himeji in Hyōgo Prefecture. His father was the China scholar Kyūhei Uzaki. In 1886, he entered Kōbe Palmore English Academy and was baptized the following year by American missionary Walter Russell Lambuth. He became a Methodist, joining the Japan Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

He studied English theology and graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University in 1891. He went on to study at Vanderbilt University in the United States.

Uzaki taught at several schools including Sankō, Kwansei Gakuin, and Aoyama Gakuin, and was a pastor in Kobe, Hiroshima, Osaka and Kyoto. He later became principal at Nagasaki Chinzei Gakuin.

In 1905, Uzaki became editor-in-chief of Gokyo, the journal of the Japanese Methodist Church.

In 1913, he became the bishop of the Japanese Methodist Church.{{Cite book |title=デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus |publisher=Kōdansha |edition=Digital |language=ja |chapter=鵜崎庚午郎 |chapter-url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%B5%9C%E5%B4%8E%E5%BA%9A%E5%8D%88%E9%83%8E-1057614 |via=Kotobank.jp}} Serving for three terms, he represented Japan at international missionary conferences. He was a delegate to the Fifth Ecumenical Conference, London, England, 1921. He was a delegate also to the Council of Religions in Tokyo.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

He died April 3, 1930, on a train after having been stricken with apoplexy.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

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