Originally Posted by
vqstaphbeard
Sorry I'm so late to reply. No the bottom bracket is English threaded. The fork is also not original. It had a chrome Tange road fork on it when I got it.
Unfortunately, I can't provide a definitive answer. However, we have seen those lugs on high end Nishiki road models. There were also Nishiki road models with Campagnolo dropouts and English threading. Finally, Kawamura was not the exclusive manufacturer of the high end Nishiki frames. In addition to the reportedly Italian manufactured models, the database contains samples from Katakura and at least one other, apperently Japanese source. However, up to this point I had not seen any wth a totally numeric serial number. It could be a Nishiki from a different source but I can't say for sure.