BFA News

June 29, 2015

Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Elects 30 Executive Board Members

6 New Members chosen including Norio Nobata, Managing Director of Baseball Federation of Japan (BFJ)

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Tokyo - The 62 Council members of JOC met in Tokyo on June 23, 2015, and elected 30 Executive Board members for the term of 2 years.  The Executive Board members will meet on July 7 when Tsunekazu Takeda is expected to be elected as President for 9 consecutive terms.  Yoshinobu Suzuki who reached mandatory retirement age of JOC remains as VP of Baseball Federation of Asia and BFJ.

 

National Federations (○Newly Appointed)

Tsuyoshi Aoki(68=Swimming)、Shin-ichiro Otsuka(58=Triathlon)、Mitsugi Ogata

(55=Track and fields)、Hirobumi Kawano(69=Sailing)、Yuji Takada *(61=Wrestling)、○Hiroshi Takeuchi(62=Volley ball)、Kozo Tashima(57=Soccer)、Mitsuo Tsukahara *(67=Gymnastic)、Seiko Hashimoto *(50=Skate)、Eisuke Hiraoka(67=Rawing)、Tsuyoshi Fukui(58=Tennis)、Toshimasa Furukawa(68=Ski)、Ichiro Hoshino(60=Table tennis)、Kiichiro Matsumaru(61=Riflery)、○Keisuke Muratsu

(66=Golf)、Yasuhiro Yamashita(58=Judo)、Masanori Ozaki(69=Softball)、○Norio Nobata(65=Baseball)、○Akira Kokaze (60=Kendo)、Hidetoshi Tanaka(68=Sumo)

 

Persons of learning and experience (○Newly Appointed)

Tsunekazu Takeda (67=IOC member)、Fujio Cho(78=President Japan Sports Assc.)、Ichiro Kono(68=President Japan Sports Council)、Yosuke Fujiwara(61=VP Japan Olympic Academy)、Yasuo Saito(67=Former Ambassador of France)、Daichi Suzuki (48=President Japan Olympians Assc.)、○Koji Murofushi(40=Director Japan Association of Athletics Federations)、Naoko Takahashi(43=-do-)、Kaoru Yamaguchi(50=Associate Professor Univ. of Tsukuba Graduate School)、○Tetsuro Hibino(57=Secretary General JOC)

 

Auditors (○Newly Appointed)

Mitsutaka Kurokawa(69=Sports Art)、○Shigemitsu Sakuma(57=Cycling)、○Toshihisa Nagura(69=Karate)