Takashi Kano

Takashi Kano
加納孝
Personal information
Full name	Takashi Kano
Date of birth	October 31, 1920
Place of birth	Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Date of death	June 4, 2000 (aged 79)
Place of death	Ota, Tokyo, Japan
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1936–1938	Tokyo Daihachi High School
1939–1945	Waseda University
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Waseda WMW
International career
1951–1954	Japan
Medal record
Representing Japan
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takashi Kano (加納孝, Kano Takashi, October 31, 1920 – June 4, 2000) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kano was born in Tokyo on October 31, 1920. He played for Waseda WMW, which was composed alumni players from his alma mater, Waseda University. In 1940, he won second place at the 1940 Emperor's Cup. That tournament was the last Emperor's Cup before World War II, when it was suspended from 1941 to 1945.

National team career

In March 1951, when Kano was 30 years old, he was selected for the Japan national team and their first game since the end of World War II, the 1951 Asian Games. At that competition, he debuted against Iran on March 7. He also played at the 1954 Asian Games and scored two goals. He played seven games and scored two goals for Japan until 1954.^[1]

On June 4, 2000, Kano died of

Ota, Tokyo

at the age of 79.