due to the pacific war, the 1944 season was truncated to c. 35 games, and the 1945 season was skipped entirely. many players enlisted in the japanese imperial army. the league restarted on november 6, 1945, and a full season of 105 games was played the next year, with two new teams (both based in tokyo) joining the league. one of the new teams, gold star, was owned by textile manufacturer komajiro tamura, who also owned pacific (formerly asahi).