1894 August 20 – born in Japan
1914 Went to America from Britain with the Yamagata Troupe – depart on SS New York from Liverpool: Iwao Takashi Yamagata aged 30, married, Mineji Katagiri 28, Yamaji Kobayashi 24, Tatsugoro Shimizu 25, Seijiro Emori 19, Ryunosuke Iizuka 22, Ryotaro or Rintaro Shimizu 16, Takaji or Takejiro Kurozawa 16, Kimi Shimoyama 16 (female).
1917 May – is witness to the marriage of Jujiro Deguchi to Margaret Blanchard at St Margaret’s Church, Burnley.
1918 daughter Yurika born, with Gertrude Minnie Jones – the half sister of Margaret and Lily Blanchard, whose stepfather is Jujiro Deguchi of the Deguchi Troupe
1919 January – daughter Omasu born in Blackburn
1919 June – Wanted bookings ad in The Stage from Iizuka and Partner – one handed balancer and tumbler with educated arms. 78 Rectory Road, Burnley
1919 July – Iizuka and Partner – Newport Empire
1919 October – Iizuka and Partner in a comic act – Grand Hanley
1920 January – Iizuka and Partner who show their ability with agility – Hippodrome, Middlesbrough.
1921 March – Iizuka and Partner (In a balancing act)
1921 March – DE GUCHI troupe in Nottingham with Iizuka and partner.
1921 June – A balancing performance of considerable novelty is rendered by Iizuka
1922 July – son Kuranosuke born in Fylde, Lancashire
1922 November – Iizuka and Partners – Japanese artists in balancing and acrobatic act – appearing at Anglesey Palace in Burton on Trent
1923 December – IIZUKA and PARTNER A New Style Japanese Balancing and Tumbling Speciality – Exeter
1924 June – Balancing and tumbling are the specialities of Iizuka and Partner, whose feats embrace much that is novel as well as smart – Stratford Empire
1925 IIZUKA and PARTNER, in their Sensational Japanese Hand- Balancing and Acrobatic Act. Advertisement in The Stage.
1925 July – joined Austel & Arthur
1925 – TWO ENTERTAINERS FROM NEW ZEALAND Present their own novel Acrobatic Speciality Act, Vacant for Production.
1925 September – Austel & Arthur, the two perfect specimens of manhood,’’ give wonderful display of hand-to-hand ’’ balancing
1926 Austel & Arthur, New Zealand entertainers
1927 June – AUSTEL & ARTHUR Famous Colonial Artistes
1928 July – Austel & Arthur – continental entertainers
1929 Austel & Arthur, colonial entertainers
1930 – 1938 Austel & Arthur, two colonial entertainers. “Austell & Arthur, two Australian “strong men” perform some amazing acrobatic feats”
1939 Iizuka Brothers specializing in contortionist acrobatics
1939 September register is living with Chokichi Mizuno’s wife Toku and son Kojiro in Manchester.
1940 The Three Iizuka Brothers to August 1940
1941 January – The 3 Iizuka 3 – it’s pronounced success – Empire Wood Green – performing in Britain to November
1942 February – Empire, Nottingham in a group performance “They’re Here Again”
1942 March – Birmingham – The Java Brothers demonstrate that acrobatics aground can be as fraught with risk as manoeuvres aloft.
1942 May – The Java Brothers, a high-spirited acrobatic trio, provide the ideal opening item, and their litheness makes extremely difficult hand balancing appear quite easy
1942 July – Kuranosuke joined The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) – General Service Corps. Transferred to Dorsets 1946
1942 September – The Java Brothers display new feats on skates – Halifax
1943 January – The Java Brothers are an unusually good trio of equilibrists
1943 June – The Java Brothers are clever acrobats who introduce hand skating and other sensational equilibristic feats with much success – Walthamstow
1943 August – The Java Brothers are the best pair of equilibrists that have been seen for some time – Chester
1943 December – The two Pekin Policemen are played by the Java Brothers and score also in their speciality number – Aladdin – Harrow.
1944 October – In a more strenuous way the Java Brothers perform exciting feats of gymnastic trickery – Manchester
Acrobats, hand balancers, equilibrists
1945 September – On the purely acrobatic side, the Java Brothers have a fascinating act, including roller skating while standing on the hands
1945 December – calls for Iizuka Bros for Oxford New.
1946 June – rounds of applause punctuate the act the Java Brothers, whose balancing feats have be seen to be believed. The pair are as much at home on their hands most people are on their feet and some of their feats are marvels of muscular skill and dexterity – Skegness
1947 January – One particularly enjoyable speciality act is that of the Java Brothers, who in addition to appearing as the Chinese policemen, give a remarkable display of acrobatics – Harrogate
1948 August – the balancing feats of the two Java Brothers – Eastbourne
1949 August – Making their first public stage appearance in Burnley, their home town, are the Java Brothers, who present a unique balancing act.
1950 through to December The Java Brothers give a vigorous display of tumbling and balancing, concluding with roller- skating on the hands.
1954 Ryunoske’s sons Kuranosuke and Ryunosuke jnr (?) start performing as the Kendor Brothers.
1964 Ryunosuke snr’s son Kuranosuke “Kira” dies in Burnley aged 42. Notice in The Stage from the Deguchi family and Victor Seaforth in 1966 and 1967.
1967 Iizuka family place notice in The Stage for Lily Deguchi’s death in 1966
1967 – Ryunosuke snr dies in Burnley, Lancashire, aged 72
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