Toden Arakawa Line being shut down along with the rest of Tokyo's streetcar system in the 1960s, but concerted opposition from residents prevented this and parts of lines 27 (Minowabashi-Akabane) and 32 (Arakawa-Waseda) were merged to form the line as it is today. The line was sold to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation in 1974, which renamed it the Toden Arakawa Line. The Toden Arakawa Line operates between the terminals at Minowabashi Station and Waseda Station. It runs along Meiji Street between Asuka-yama Station and Oji Eki-mae Station. Otherwise, it operates on its own tracks. Presently, single driver-operated cars make the 12.2
Mitsu Arakawa for the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) as "The Rising Suns". In June 1969, The Rising Suns were crowned the inaugural WWWF International Tag Team Champions (they were billed as having won a tournament that never took place). They lost the championship to Tony Marino and Victor Rivera in December 1969. In 1973, Arakawa appeared in "The Wrestling Queen", a documentary on rookie professional wrestler Vivian Vachon. Arakawa retired in 1976. Arakawa was married to Patti, with whom he had two sons, David and Michael, and a daughter, Teresa. Arakawa died of heart failure on April 24, 1997. Mitsu Arakawa