Tsukasa Hosaka

Tsukasa Hosaka
Personal information
Full name	Tsukasa Hosaka
Date of birth	March 3, 1937
Place of birth	Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Date of death	January 21, 2018 (aged 80)
Place of death	Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1952–1954	Kofu Daiichi High School
1955–1958	Meiji University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1968	Furukawa Electric
Total
National team
1960–1964	Japan
Teams managed
1973–1977	Kofu SC
Honours
Furukawa Electric
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Tsukasa Hosaka (保坂司, Hosaka Tsukasa, March 3, 1937 – January 21, 2018) was a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Hosaka was born in Kofu on March 3, 1937. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1959. He won 1960, 1961 and 1964 Emperor's Cup. In 1965, Furukawa Electric joined new league Japan Soccer League. He retired in 1968. He played 47 games in the league.

In November 1960, he was selected by the Japan national team for the 1962 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on November 6, he debuted against South Korea. In 1962, he also played at the Asian Games. He was a regular goalkeeper in the early 1960s. In 1964, he was selected by Japan for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. However, he did not play in the match, because he fractured his hand just before the Olympics. Instead, he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Kenzo Yokoyama. He played 19 games for Japan until 1964.

After retirement, Hosaka became a manager for his local club Kofu SC in 1973. He managed until 1977.

On January 21, 2018, Hosaka died of pneumonia in Kofu at the age of 80.