 (The JIHL, although it was a real entity, had no team representing Tokyo at the time; Kokudo would not relocate to the city until 1984 (becoming the Seibu Prince Rabbits); the league was replaced by the current Asia League Ice Hockey in 2004).Incidentally, 32 years later in 2006, Kokudo would provide the first "real" Japanese player to play in the NHL, Yutaka Fukufuji.