Katsumi Miyaji

Katsumi Miyaji

Date of birth	(1941-03-10) March 10, 1941 (age 83)
Place of birth	Osaka Prefecture, Japan
School	Shijonaga High School
University	Doshisha University
Occupation(s)	Owner of a landscaping business
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Shijonaga High School () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1960-1969 Sanyo Electric () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1969  Japan 1 (0) Coaching career Years Team 1978, 1984, 1987 1988 Sanyo Electric

Katsumi Miyaji (宮地克実, Miyaji Katsumi) (born 10 March 1941) is a former rugby union player and coach. He played as a prop.

Career

After attending Shijonaga High School, Miyaji headed to

and won 1 cap. After his retirement, he became the coach of

Panasonic Wild Knights

' training ground. Nobuhiro Baba, the original author of the TV dorama School☆Wars is a junior student in Shijonaga High School and has been providing a large number of rugby-related materials for writing his work.

Anecdotes

• At the final of the National Rugby Football Tournament on 8 January 1991, immediately after Sanyo Electric's unexpected loss against Kobe Steel, it is said that inside of his mind went blank.
• In the final match of the 45th Japan Rugby Football Championship tournament held in March 2008, after the defeat of
  Suntory Sungoliath, he visited Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in a sunny day. After the match, Miyaji cried, saying "Honma, it was longer". Furthermore, he was sought from Sanyo Fifteen and he was lifted up.^[1]

Notes

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ryo Saito	Japan National Rugby Union Coach 1978	Succeeded by Hisashi Yokoi

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hiroshi Hibino	Japan National Rugby Union Coach 1984-1985	Succeeded by Hitoshi Oka

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hitoshi Oka	Japan National Rugby Union Coach 1987	Succeeded by Hiroshi Hibino

External links

• Katsumi Miyaji at ESPNscrum