FW, the original monster who went to heaven...Former lawmaker Kamamoto dies of pneumonia
Aug 11, 2025
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The Japan Football Association (JFA) announced the obituary that `Former lawmaker Kamamoto, who was diagnosed with pneumonia and was recuperating, died at a hospital in Osaka Prefecture on the morning of the 10th and expresses his condolences.'
Former lawmaker Kamamoto, from Osaka Prefecture, was known as a top Asian striker in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the top scorer for four consecutive years in the Kanto University League when he was at Waseda University and scored 202 goals in 251 games in the Japan Business League (JSL), which he participated in after joining Janma Diesel (currently Cerezo Osaka). In particular, he played as the main player of the Japanese national team at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, winning the top scorer with seven goals, contributing to the bronze medal and making his name on the world stage. It was the Japanese national team, which was inferior to South Korea at the time, but it was evaluated as equal in terms of skills. Japan's overall record is 75 goals in 76 A matches.
Former lawmaker Kamamoto, who took the helm of Yannma Diesel in 1978, played as a player-manager until 1984 and won one JSL championship and two Cup championships. In 1991, he took over as coach of Matsushita Electric (now Gamba Osaka) and led the team for three seasons, including the first year of the J-League. After putting down the Gamba baton, he was elected as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party in the upper house election and became the vice chairman of the JFA in 1998. After serving as Japan's deputy general secretary of state for labor in 2000, he served as the director of the Japan Organizing Committee for the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup and the head of the reinforcement promotion headquarters. In 2005, he was inducted into the JFA Hall of Fame.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
