Hiroshi Hibino, who achieved the number one position in Japan three times as a director of the Waseda University rugby club and also served as a director of the Japanese national team, died on the 14th.
I was 86 years old.
This was announced by the Japan Rugby Union on the 15th.
Hibino is from Tokyo.
During his active career, he was active as a wing in the Waseda University rugby club and was selected as the representative of Japan.
In 1970, he became the director of the rugby club of his alma mater, and when he won the national university championship that decides the best university in Japan that year, he achieved a feat of defeating Nippon Steel Kamaishi at the Japan Championship at that time, where the championship team of the university and working people competed. ..
He was appointed as a coach four times at the university, leading to three national university championships in a total of eight years.
In addition, he also served as the coach of the Japanese national team three times, and in the 1983 Wales expedition, he played a close battle with the Wales national team with Seiji Hirao and others.
After retiring from the front line as an instructor, I also focused on teaching students as a professor at Waseda University.
He also served as a director and honorary chairman of the Japan Rugby Union, and although he did not make an effort as the chairman of the bid committee for the 2011 World Cup Japan Tournament, he led to the 2019 World Cup Japan Tournament.
According to the association, Mr. Hibino died on the 14th.
I was 86 years old.