Stock Photo - 1968 - Matsuzaka is shy about his height. But he bows his head going along the hospital corridors because he would rub against the ceiling otherwise. Doctores Try To Stop Him Growing Seven Feet Nine Inches, And Yoshimitsu Still Grows: Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka, 22-year-old farmer's son just can't stop growing. Already he is 7. ft. 9 ins.and weighs 255 lbs. When this enormous youth lost strength and just couldn't keep up with himself, he was admitted to Tokyo's University Hospital and there Professor Kentaro Shimizu, the brain surgeon, examined him and decided on an operation to try and halt his growth, which he claimed was due to abnormality in the pituitary gland. Even while waiting for the operation, Yoshimitzu increased by five inches. Although still in hospital for observation, since the operation Yoshimitsuhas guided in strength and his growth has almost halted. He is being treated with hormones, as he was deficient almost entirely insex hormones. He can walk half-a-mile, and his intelligence quotient is 100. He has an enormous appetite, but apart from a certain natural shyness at his size, is perfectly normal. The most outstanding case of giantism occured in 1890 in Europe, when the man reach the height of 8 ft 7 ins. Never before in records has there been such a case among the Japanese race. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)