Katsuyuki Kiyomiya

January 10, 2024
Rugby Union Player

Quick Facts

Katsuyuki Kiyomiya
Full Name Katsuyuki Kiyomiya
Occupation Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth Jul 17, 1967(1967-07-17)
Age 57
Country Japan
Birth City Ōsaka
Horoscope Cancer

Katsuyuki Kiyomiya Biography

Name Katsuyuki Kiyomiya
Birthday Jul 17
Birth Year 1967
Home Town Ōsaka
Birth Country Japan
Birth Sign Cancer
Children(s) Kotaro Kiyomiya

Katsuyuki Kiyomiya is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Union Player who was born on July 17, 1967 in Ōsaka, Japan. He was born in the Osaka prefecture on the 25th of July 1967. He was an infraction for juveniles, he was advised to take up rugby to give his life a direction by an elementary school teacher. Since then, he’s been interested in and passionate about education. (He has also established his own organization, the WASEDA CLUB NPO in Tokyo to help encourage the involvement of young athletes in a variety of sports, and also the Oku-Inoue Fund for the children of Iraq.)

On February 12, 2006, the coach of Coach Kiyomiya’s Waseda defeated Toyota Verblitz, a team with stars such as Troy Flavell and Filo Tiatia at the 44th Japan Championships. It is the very first time that a university team defeated the Top League team, though Waseda also beat Toshiba as a corporate team, in the same year that the Mr. Kiyomiya was a student player.

In the opening game of the 2007-8 season Kiyomiya’s Suntory gained revenge, beating Toshiba 10-3 on October 26, 2007 under lights at Chichibunomiya. After the game coach Kiyomiya declared that his team would win all the remaining league games and the championship. They in fact lost two and drew one, but won the fifth Microsoft Cup and so became champions of the Top League for the first time in 2007-08.

In his first season as coach of Sungoliath his team was second in the league behind Toshiba Brave Lupus, after losing narrowly 10-12 to their Fuchu city rivals in a ‘Fuchu derby’. In the Microsoft Cup Final 2007, Suntory lost on the last play of the game after injury time had finished. The final score was 13-14 in favour of Toshiba.

From 2001 to 2006 from 2001-2006, he was a highly effective coach at Waseda University Rugby Football Club that led them to three championships for the university in just five years. This included two consecutive championships in 2005 and in 2006 He has since been hired by Suntory Sungoliath in the Top League as their full-time head coach.

Katsuyuki Kiyomiya Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Rugby Union Player
House Living in own house.

Katsuyuki Kiyomiya is one of the richest Rugby Union Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katsuyuki Kiyomiya 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Katsuyuki Kiyomiya (Qing Gong Xing , Kiyomiya Katsuyuki, born on July 17, 1967) is a well-known Japanese rugby union coach. He was previously from Waseda University RFC (2001-06) and, since 2006, (since the year 2006) in charge of Suntory Sungoliath. Many people in Japan were hoping that he would be a coach for the national team in the near future, however after he was criticized by then Coach Eddie Jones in August 2015 support for him has dropped dramatically. The father is Japanese prodigy in baseball, Kotaro Kiyomiya.

After graduation , he was employed for Suntory. Suntory drink company, which was founded in 1995. He also was a player for the company. He is not allowed to consume alcohol.

After a game against Yamaha in September of the 2006 Top League season which Suntory lost, Kiyomiya used the term “necessary loss” in his blog, by which he meant that it was a game Suntory had to lose for the team to be in a position to challenge for the league and championship. This concept has also been adopted by John Kirwan in coaching Japan at RWC 2007.

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Katsuyuki Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Union Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Katsuyuki Kiyomiya celebrates birthday on July 17 of every year.

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