My Take
There's something almost mythic about coming out of Mashike — a tiny herring town on the northern edge of Hokkaido — and making it all the way to Chuo University and then onto both a baseball diamond and a wrestling mat. Kazuo Katsuramoto was that guy: born in 1934, Virgo, apparently not content with being good at just one grueling sport. The Showa-era athlete archetype was genuinely different — you did whatever the body could handle and nobody thought it was unusual. Today we'd call it cross-training and write think-pieces about it; back then it was just Tuesday. Mashike itself is the kind of place that builds a certain stubbornness into you — long winters, hard work, not a lot of hand-holding — and I think that comes through in a career that covered two completely different athletic disciplines. Records from that era are thin, which is a shame, but the outline alone is enough to make you respect the guy.
Overview
Kazuo Katsuramoto is a Japanese athlete born on September 5, 1934, in Mashike, Hokkaido. He was active as both a baseball player and an amateur wrestler, a dual sporting career that was not uncommon among Japanese athletes of his era. He attended Chuo University, indicating a level of academic achievement alongside his athletic pursuits. Detailed records of his competitive career remain largely undocumented in public sources.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kazuo Katsuramoto
- Name (Japanese)
- 桂本和夫
- Reading
- かつらもと かずお
- Born
- September 5, 1934 (age 91)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog (戌)
- Origin
- Mashike, Hokkaido, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Baseball Player / Amateur Wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Chuo University
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%82%E6%9C%AC%E5%92%8C%E5%A4%AB
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.