Mototaka Kohama

Mototaka Kohama
Personal information
Born (1932-10-17)October 17, 1932
Tokyo
Died 12 January 2017(2017-01-12) (aged 84)
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Career information
High school Sumida Technical HS (Tokyo, Japan)
Position Head coach
Career history
As player:
1951-1958 Nippon Mining
As coach:
Showa Gakuin HS
Yasuda Life
Hitachi Totsuka Leopard　
1977 Hosei University
1979 Japan National
1984-1989 Japan
1996-2000 Japan
1982-1992 Akita Isuzu Motors/Isuzu Motors Lynx
1994-2005 Isuzu Motors Lynx/Giga Cats/Yokohama Giga Cats
2007-2017 Ikai Red Chimps
Career highlights and awards

As player:

  • Japanese High School MVP

As coach:

  • Japanese college champion (1977)
  • JBL2 champion (1983)
  • 6x Emperor's Cup champions (1984, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001)
  • 6x JBL champions (1988, 1995,1996, 1997, 1998, 2000)

Mototaka Kohama (小浜元孝, Kohama Mototaka) was a Japanese basketball Head coach for the Akita Isuzu Motors, Isuzu Motors Lynx/Giga Cats and Yokohama Giga Cats. He was known as the “Godfather of Japanese basketball,” and served as head coach of the Japan national basketball team three times. Growing up in Akita during WWII as a young boy, he was told to stop playing basketball because it was an American sport. The pioneer studied basketball coaching at the University of Kentucky.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Odeven, Ed (13 January 2017). "Japan hoop legend Kohama dead at 84". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Odeven, Ed (11 February 2017). "Kohama's legacy certain to live on". Retrieved 2 November 2017.


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