sentences:  Born in Fukuoka City, Japan, Yoshimura was called into military service during the Second World War where he was trained as an aircraft mechanic.After the war, he began tuning motorcycles for American servicemen stationed in Japan and in 1954, he opened his first shop, with his wife and children helping him.In 1971, he moved his business to Los Angeles at the beginning of the four-cylinder superbike era.