or Miyazaki Torazo was a Japanese philosopher who aided and supported Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

 during the Xinhai Revolution

Xinhai Revolution

The Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution, also known as Revolution of 1911 or the Chinese Revolution, was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing , and established the Republic of China...

. While Sun was in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, he assisted Sun in his travels as he was wanted by authorities.

In one case, he registered the name Nakayama

Nakayama

Nakayama may refer to:*Nakayama, Ehime, a town in Ehime Prefecture*Nakayama, Tottori, a town in Tottori Prefecture*Nakayama, Yamagata, a town in Yamagata Prefecture*Nakayama-dera, a temple in Hyōgo Prefecture...

 (中山) at the (對鶴館) hotel. This name would later be converted to the more popular Chinese name Sun Zhong-shan (孫中山). While Miyazaki Toten had the same ideal as Sun, they actually could not communicate by mouth with one another due do different languages. They actually communicated with each other by writing hanzi back and forth on paper.

On 7 September 1900, Sun's first overseas visit to Singapore, he was to rescue Miyazaki Toten who was arrested there. An act which resulted in his own arrest and a ban from visiting the island for five years.

At the Nanjing Historical Remains Museum of Chinese Modern History exhibits a bronze statue of Sun and Miyazaki placed alongside each other.