Kakuichi Mimura

Kakuichi Mimura
Personal information
Full name	Kakuichi Mimura
Date of birth	August 16, 1931
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Date of death	February 19, 2022 (aged 90)
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Tokyo Daihachi High School
	Chuo University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1955–????	Toho Titanium
National team
1955	Japan
Teams managed
????–1985	Toho Titanium
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kakuichi Mimura (三村恪一, Mimura Kakuichi, August 16, 1931 – February 19, 2022) was a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Mimura was born in Tokyo Metropolis on August 16, 1931. After graduating from Chuo University, he founded Toho Titanium in 1955 and played for the club.

On 2 January 1955, Mimura debuted for the Japan national team against Burma. He played four games for Japan in 1955. In 1956, he was selected to represent Japan in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but did not play in the match.

After retirement, Mimura became a manager for Toho Titanium. He led the club to won Japanese Regional Leagues four times and promoted to Japan Soccer League two times in 1982 and 1985. End of 1985 season, he resigned.

Mimura died on 19 February 2022, at the age of 90.^[1]