Kiro Osafune
Kiro Osafune (長船 騏郎)
- School Waseda University
- High School Tenri High School
- Born January 30, 1924 in Okayama Prefecture Japan
- Died September 10, 2007
Biographical Information[edit]
Kiro Osafune helped run the Tokyo Big Six University League and was chairman of the Baseball Federation of Japan. He helped pick the Japanese national team for the 2000 Olympics and 2004 Olympics. In 2012, he was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.
Source: yakyubaka.com
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