Katsutoshi Nekoda
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| Born | 1 February 1944 |
| Died | 4 September 1983 (aged 39) |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
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| Position | Setter |
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Katsutoshi Nekoda (猫田 勝敏, Nekoda Katsutoshi, born 1 February 1944, in Hiroshima – died 4 September 1983) was a Japanese volleyball player.
Nekoda was the member of the Japanese Men's National Volleyball team as a setter. He is the man who invented the ceiling serve, a serve where the ball is hit up towards the ceiling with all the lights to make it difficult to judge the landing.[citation needed] He retired in 1980, and died of stomach cancer in 1983.
See also
- JT Thunders
- Nekoda Memorial (Japan high school volleyball tournament in Chūgoku region among the 1st year students)
- Nekoda Memorial Gymnasium
External links
- Katsutoshi Nekoda
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katsutoshi Nekoda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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