Tōten Miyazaki (宮崎 滔天 Miyazaki Tōten) or Torazō Miyazaki (1871–1922) was a Japanese philosopher who aided and supported Sun Yat-sen during the Xinhai Revolution. While Sun was in Japan, he assisted Sun in his travels as he was wanted by authorities.[1]
In one case, he registered under the name Nakayama (中山) at the (對鶴館) hotel. This name would later be converted to the more popular Chinese name Sun Zhong-shan (孫中山).[1] While Miyazaki Toten had the same ideals as Sun, they actually could not communicate by speaking with each other, due to their different languages. They actually communicated by writing hanzi (Japanese Kanji) back and forth on paper.[2]
On 7 September 1900, Sun's first overseas visit to Singapore was to rescue Miyazaki Toten who was arrested there. This act resulted in his own arrest and a ban from visiting the island for five years.
The Nanjing Historical Remains Museum of Chinese Modern History has bronze statues of Sun and Miyazaki placed alongside each other.