Onishi Tetsunosuke was born in Nara city, Nara prefecture on April 7, 1916, and died on September 19, 1995. He was a professor of Waseda University

Waseda University

, abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate...

, coach of the Japan national rugby union team

Japan national rugby union team

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 and Waseda University Rugby Football Club

Waseda University Rugby Football Club

Waseda University R.F.C. was founded in 1918. It is one of the top rugby union clubs for students in Japan, together with Kanto Gakuin University RFC, Keio University RFC and Doshisha University RFC....

. He has been described as a Japanese Carwyn James

Carwyn James

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 and was a coach of considerable achievements. He also served as a member of the Japanese Olympic Committee

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.

Career

He played flanker

Flanker (rugby union)

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 at Waseda University, joining the Toshiba company on graduation. After World War Two he returned to Waseda to teach and was appointed coach of the rugby club after his elder brother.

He was coach of Japan from 1966 to 1971, in 1968 defeating the Junior All Blacks

Junior All Blacks

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 in New Zealand 23-19, and losing narrowly 3-6 to England in 1971 at Chichibunomiya rugby stadium

Chichibunomiya rugby stadium

in the Aoyama district of central Tokyo is the spiritual home of Japanese rugby union and the headquarters of the Japan Rugby Football Union.-Facilities:...

 in Tokyo.

In 1981 he was appointed Waseda's coach for the third time, and the following year on a tour to France and England gained the first ever win over Cambridge University R.U.F.C.

Cambridge University R.U.F.C.

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by a Japanese team, 13-12.