Creating a champion: How a father's trip abroad led Tokido to the topIt was a big ask. It was 2002 and Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi, then 17, should have been preparing for his college entrance exams. He was a student at Azabu Senior High School, one of the most prestigious preparatory schools in Tokyo. His father, Hisashi Taniguchi, was a professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, one of the top medical universities in Japan. But as Tokido was twiddling his th
