is a retired Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player. His father Yutaka

Yutaka Katayama

Yutaka Katayama , also known as Mr K, is a former Japanese automotive executive who was employed by Nissan and served as the first president of Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A...

 is the first president of Nissan Motors

Nissan Motors

, usually shortened to Nissan , is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn ....

 USA.

Katayama made 29 appearances for the senior Japan national football team

Japan national football team

The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...

 from 1961 to 1971. He also played at the 1964

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

 and 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

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.

Club career statistics

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|1965||rowspan="8"|Mitsubishi Motors

Urawa Red Diamonds

are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...

||rowspan="8"|JSL Division 1

Japan Soccer League

, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...

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|1966||14||1
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|1967||13||0
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|1968||14||0
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|1969||14||0
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|1970||14||1
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|1971||14||0
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|1972||10||0
107||3
107||3
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National team statistics

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|1961||4||0
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|1962||1||0
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|1963||5||0
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|1964||1||0
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|1965||4||0
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|1966||6||0
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|1967||5||0
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|1968||3||0
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|1969||4||0
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|1970||0||0
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|1971||5||0
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!Total||38||0
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Awards

• Japan Soccer League
  Japan Soccer League
  , or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
  
   Best Eleven: (5) 1966
  Japan Soccer League 1966
  -Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:Nagoya Mutual Bank became the first original JSL club to be relegated. In its place, Nippon Kokan from Kawasaki, Kanagawa was promoted and began a long career of league success that was only brought to a halt by the professionalization of the...
  
  , 1967
  Japan Soccer League 1967
  -Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:Nagoya Mutual Bank promoted, Toyota Industries relegated.-Team of The Year:...
  
  , 1968
  Japan Soccer League 1968
  -Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:No relegations.-Team of the Year:...
  
  , 1969
  Japan Soccer League 1969
  -Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:No relegations.-Team of the Year:...
  
  , 1970
  Japan Soccer League 1970
  -Japan Soccer League:-Promotion/Relegation Series:No relegations.- Team of the Year :...