Kunishige Kamamoto

Kunishige Kamamoto
釜本 邦茂
Kamamoto in 2014
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
23 July 1995 – 22 July 2001
ConstituencyNational PR
Personal details
Born(1944-04-15)15 April 1944
Died10 August 2025(2025-08-10) (aged 81)
Osaka, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
Alma materWaseda University
Association football career
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
1960–1962 Yamashiro High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1966 Waseda University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1984 Yanmar Diesel 251 (202)
Total 251 (202)
International career
1964–1977 Japan 76 (75)
1964 Japan U23 10 (8)
Managerial career
1978–1984 Yanmar Diesel
1991–1994 Gamba Osaka
2009–2010 Fujieda MYFC
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Team
Asian Games
1966 Bangkok Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Kunishige Kamamoto (釜本 邦茂, Kamamoto Kunishige; 15 April 1944 – 10 August 2025) was a Japanese football player, manager, and politician. He won the bronze medal with the Japan national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals, and is the all-time leading goalscorer for Japan.

Kamamoto served as the Vice-President of the Japan Football Association from July 1998 to July 2008. In 2005, he was inducted in the Japan Football Hall of Fame.

He also served as a member of the House of Councillors between 1995 and 2001.