 His debut story, "Yamanote no Ko" ("Child from Yamanote") was the story of these gatherings, and was published in 1911 in "Mita Bungaku".His choice of a pen-name came from a character in one of Izumi Kyoka's stories.After a period overseas, studying economics in the United States, and touring 16 countries around the world, Minakami returned to Japan in 1916 to accept a position in his father's insurance company.