Kitamori was born in Kumamoto in 1916. In high school, he was so impressed by a paper he read about Martin Luther that he made the decision in 1935 to go to Tokyo to attend the Lutheran Theological Seminary there. He graduated in 1938.
Kitamori was born in Kumamoto in 1916. His exposure to a paper on Martin Luther during his high school days sparked a desire to pursue theological studies, which he fulfilled by traveling to Tokyo in 1935 to attend the Lutheran Theological Seminary. He completed his education in 1938.