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Katsunari Miyai

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Katsunari Miyai (宮井 勝成, Miyai Katsunari, 14 April 1926[1] – 7 August 2020) was a Japanese baseball manager. He was the manager of the baseball clubs of Waseda Jitsugyo and Chuo University.[2] He was the only person to manage the winning teams of a Kōshien tournament and the Meiji Jingu Baseball Tournament.[1]

Early life and career

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He was from Suginami, Tokyo.[1] He studied at Waseda Jitsugyo and Chuo University.[1] He played in the Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in 1941.[1] He was an outfielder for the Chuo University Baseball Team.[1]

In 1954, he became the baseball coach of his alma mater Waseda Jitsugyo.[1] He became the manager in 1955.[2] In 1957, the team won the 29th Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament.[1] From 1959 to 1993, he was the manager of the Chuo University Baseball Team.[1] The team won one Meiji Jingu Baseball Tournament in 1974 and three Japan National Collegiate Baseball Championships in 1972, 1973, and 1979.[2][3] They also won eight Tohto University Baseball League championships.[4] He was the team's general manager from 1994 until his death.[2][5]

He died in Mitaka, Tokyo of lung cancer on 7 August 2020, aged 94.[2][4][5]

His daughter Fumiko (芙美子) married baseball player Toshimitsu Suetsugu.[6]

  • Miyai, Katsunari (1980). 軟式野球 はじめて野球を志す人のために [Nanshiku Baseball: For Those Who Are New To Baseball] (in Japanese). Nihon Bungeisha.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 清宮VS世界の王「時空対決」早実レジェンドOBが比較. Excite Japan (in Japanese). IAC. 2017-01-14. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 宮井勝成さん死去 末次利光氏「偉大さをあらためて感じる」. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. 2020-08-07. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  3. 中央大学硬式野球部-あゆみ (in Japanese). Chuo University Baseball Team. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  4. 4.0 4.1 宮井勝成さん死去 早実で「世界の王」指導、中央大でも監督. The Sankei News (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun Co. Ltd. 2020-08-07. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  5. 5.0 5.1 宮井勝成さん死去94歳 王貞治さん早実時代の恩師. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). The Nikkan Sports News. 2020-08-07. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  6. この球団の学閥事情. Nikkan Gendai (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2006-09-25. Archived from the original on 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2020-08-07.