NAME: Kenzo Kato

NATIONALITY: Japan

GENDER: Male

FUNCTION: umpire

DATE OF BIRTH: 1938-10-08

OCCUPATION: Retired

LANGUAGE FOR INTERVIEW: Janpanese,English

PLAYING/COACHING CAREER:

None

 

NUMBER OF TIMES PARTICIPATED IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 0

NUMBER OF GAMES UMPIRED IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 0

NUMBER OF TIMES PARTICIPATED IN OLYMPIC GAMES: 8

NUMBER OF GAMES UMPIRED IN OLYMPIC GAMES: 1

THREE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GAMES UMPIRED IN CAREER:

Atlanta Olympics

Athens Olympics

 

GENERAL INTEREST:

1995 Superball Classic (PRE Olympics)in Atlanta;

1996 the 26^th Olympic Games in Atlanta,USA;

1999 the 7^th Asian Women¡¯s champ in Shanghai, China;

2001 the 10^th Women¡¯s World Champ. Qualifier-Asian Area in Osaka;

2004 Japanese Women¡¯s League-I in Aichi;

2005 the 57^th All Japan women¡¯s Champ in Hyogo;

2005 the 60^th National Sports Festival-Softball in Okayama.