Masahiro Kuramoto

Masahiro Kuramoto is the kind of golfer who makes you appreciate just how brutally honest the sport is — no teammates to bail you out, no crowd noise to hide behind, just you, the course, and whatever the Hiroshima wind decides to do that day. Born in 1955, he came up through an era of Japanese golf that was all discipline and grind, and you can feel that in the way he carried himself on tour. He had real success on both the Japan Golf Tour and internationally, including a tie for fourth at the 1982 Open Championship that put him on the map outside Japan. There's something almost old-school samurai about a guy who builds a career one deliberate shot at a time, no flash, no drama. Quiet but absolutely unbendable — that's the vibe I get, and honestly, that's the kind of athlete I respect most.

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Masahiro Kuramoto is a Japanese professional golfer born on September 9, 1955, in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. He attended Nihon University. He turned professional in 1981, tied for fourth at the 1982 Open Championship, and has chaired the Professional Golfers' Association of Japan since 2014.

Name (English)

Masahiro Kuramoto

Name (Japanese)

倉本昌弘

Reading

くらもと まさひろ

Born

September 9, 1955 (age 71)

Origin

Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Golfer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

University

Nihon University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%80%89%E6%9C%AC%E6%98%8C%E5%BC%98
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2614893

Tags

• From Hiroshima Prefecture
• Golfer

Last updated

September 26, 2026

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