He dropped out of a preparatory school for Waseda University, but when faced with danger of conscription in 1942, quickly enrolled into the Literature Department of Meiji University. However, in 1943, all university students were conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army and Gomi was sent to the China front, and was based at Nanjing until the end of the war.
He dropped out of a preparatory school but later joined Waseda University due to conscription fears in 1942. In 1943, all university students were drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army and Gomi was sent to the China front, stationed at Nanjing until the end of the war.