Hirofumi Omatsu - Hirofumi Omatsu

Japanese: 大松博文 - だいまつひろふみ

Coach of the Japan Women's Volleyball Team. Born in Kagawa Prefecture. As a member of the volleyball team at Kwansei Gakuin Commercial High School (now Kwansei Gakuin University), he won the All Japan Championships twice. After graduating, he joined Dai Nippon Spinning (now Unitika), and after serving in the military, he became coach of the Nitto Kaizuka women's volleyball team in 1953, where he recorded 175 consecutive wins until he resigned in 1964. He invented the spinning receive and other moves to train the defense, and was nicknamed "Demon Omatsu" for his rigorous training. During this time, the Japan team, which was mainly made up of Nitto Kaizuka, was the runner-up in the 3rd World Championships in 1960 (Brazil), and the Japan team won all 24 games in their European tour the following year, and won the 4th World Championships in 1962 (Moscow), beating the Soviet Union. The players were reported as the Oriental Witches. They won the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, sparking a volleyball boom. He served as a member of the House of Councillors from 1968 (one term), and his books include the best-selling "Follow Me."
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Japanese:

全日本女子バレーボール・チーム監督。香川県出身。関学高商（現，関西学院大学）バレーボール部時代，全日本総合で２度優勝。卒業後大日本紡績（現，ユニチカ）に入社，入隊出征を経て1953年女子バレー日紡貝塚チーム監督に就任，1964年に辞任するまで175連勝を記録。回転レシーブなどを考案して守備を鍛え，その過酷な練習で〈鬼の大松〉ともいわれた。この間60年の第３回世界選手権（ブラジル）に日紡貝塚主体の全日本チームで準優勝，全日本チームは翌年のヨーロッパ遠征で24戦全勝，1962年第４回世界選手権（モスクワ）でソ連を破り優勝，選手たちは東洋の魔女などと報道された。1964年の東京オリンピックで優勝し，バレーボール・ブームを引起こす。1968年から参議院議員を務め（１期），著書にベストセラーとなった《おれについてこい》などがある。
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