UTama, umphathi wekati onesikhundla sakhe esibekekileyo kwiSitishi saseKishi eWakayma, eJapan, watsala amashumi amawaka abakhenkethi unyaka nonyaka kuloo ndawo, uye waya kwisikhululo sikaloliwe esikhulu saseJapan esibhakabhakeni. Usweleke ngoMvulo eneminyaka eyi-16, emva kweminyaka engaphezu kwesibhozo esebenza.

Nangona uTama wayekhawuleziswa ngenxa yokunyuselwa-enyuka esuka kwisikhululo sikaloliwe esiya 'kumphathi omkhulu wesikhululo' kunyaka nje omnye, emva kokubonelela nge-Y1.1 yezigidigidi ($ 10.8 yezigidi) ukunyusa ingingqi, kwaye ekugqibeleni wabizwa njengesekela mongameli wesikhululo Ngo-2013-imisebenzi yakhe yahlala iphantse yafana: ilele imini yonke kwaye kuthathwe umfanekiso wayo kubakhenkethi. Wayethwele umnqwazi omncinci, kwaye wahlawulwa ngeentlanzi.

Siyazingca ngokusebenza noTama, owabonakala kweli hlabathi njengomsindisi weWakayama Electric Railway kunye neendlela zoololiwe bengingqi kulo lonke ilizwe, uMitsunobu Kojima, umongameli wenkampani yoololiwe, utshilo kwingxelo. Wongeze ngelithi uTama, okhuthaze ukuqeshwa kweenkosi zezitishi zaseJapan, emva kokuba efile wanikwa iwonga lokuba ngumphathi wesikhululo sikanaphakade.

Njengamalungu amaninzi abasebenzi baseJapan abalupheleyo, uTama uqhubeke nokusebenza ebudaleni, kodwa wancitshiswa iiyure zakhe endaweni yomhlala-phantsi. NgoFebruwari wonyaka ophelileyo, umphathi wesikhululo se-calico junior oneminyaka emithathu ogama linguNitama wayegcwalisa iTama iintsuku ezintathu ngeveki.

Ngo-2009, i-Wakayama Electric Railway yazisa uloliwe Ipeyintwe ngemizobo yekhathuni yeTama, eneendawo ezingaphakathi zokufaka iifoto ezazivumela ukushicilelwa kwemifanekiso enemixholo yeTama. Nge-Agasti ka-2010, isakhiwo sesikhululo saseKishi sakhiwa ngokutsha ngesakhiwo esitsha esifana nekati kunye nobuso.

UTama wazalelwa kwisixeko saseKinokawa, kwaye wakhula kunye neqela labalahlekileyo ababehlala kufutshane nesikhululo ababesoloko bondliwa ngabakhweli, kunye noToshiko Koyama, umphathi wesikhululo esingamiselekanga ngelo xesha. U-Koyama kamva wamkela u-Tama, kwaye xa wathi wabizwa njenge-master station, wamzisa kumbutho kunye naye, nangona umongameli wenkampani kaloliwe uMistunobu Kojima, umthandi wezinja owaziwayo, ithatha ityala yokuqesha.

Iindaba zeKyodo zithi uTama ubekhona Ukuchacha kwi-rhinitis ukusukela ngoMeyi, kwaye kukholelwa ukuba ubulewe kukusilela kwentliziyo ebukhali. Umngcwabo wakhe uzakwenzelwa kwisikhululo saseKishi ngeCawe.