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Masae Kasai

1933 - 2013

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Masae Kasai (河西 昌枝 Kasai Masae, 14 July 1933 – 3 October 2013) was a volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team, Oriental Witches, that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Masae Kasai was born in Minami-Alps, Yamanashi, and started playing volleyball when the sport was still played with nine players a side in Japan (six are used internationally). She joined the Nichibo fiber spinning company right out of high school, first playing for corporation's Ashikaga (Tochigi) team, later for the one from Kaizuka (Osaka). The latter team dominated the women's sport in the late 1950s and 1960s, and when the Japanese started playing according to international rules, Nichibo Kaizuka's players formed the national team. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Masae Kasai is the 9th most popular volleyball player (down from 8th in 2024), the 1,605th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,425th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Volleyball Player.

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Among volleyball players, Masae Kasai ranks 9 out of 199. Before her are Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Lang Ping, Bernardo Rezende, Yuriy Poyarkov, Giba, and Kerri Walsh Jennings. After her are Yuri Chesnokov, Andrea Anastasi, Nikola Grbić, Yekaterina Gamova, Daniel Castellani, and Earvin N'Gapeth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Masae Kasai ranks 438. Before her are Stan Brakhage, Jiří Lanský, Miklós Ambrus, Frank Murkowski, Tim Conway, and George J. Mitchell. After her are Vincenzo Consolo, Horst Faas, Jean Boiteux, Michael Parenti, Pete Wilson, and Penelope Lively. Among people deceased in 2013, Masae Kasai ranks 404. Before her are Nicolae Martinescu, Bill Hoskyns, Eeva Ruoppa, Kate Barry, Paul Bearer, and Jeanne Cooper. After her are Gordon Thomas, Regina Resnik, Cory Monteith, Diomedes Díaz, George E. P. Box, and Nigel Davenport.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masae Kasai ranks 1,605 out of 6,245. Before her are Toshi (1965), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Yukiko Okada (1967), Noritake Takahara (1951), Kaoru Kadohara (1970), and Sumi Shimamoto (1954). After her are Shinya Hoshido (1978), Atsushi Natori (1961), Takefusa Kubo (2001), Junko Takeuchi (1972), Hayato Murotsu (2000), and Hiromi Tsuru (1960).

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among volleyball players born in Japan, Masae Kasai ranks 1. After her are Takako Shirai (1952), Saori Kimura (1986), Yūki Ishikawa (1995), Yoshie Takeshita (1978), Yūko Sano (1979), Miyuki Takahashi (1978), and Erika Araki (1984).

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