was a Japanese volleyball player and four-time Olympian. Nekoda was a member of the Japanese men's national volleyball team as a

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. Nekoda led the Japan national volleyball team to a bronze medal in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

, a silver medal in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

, and a gold medal in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. He was the flagbearer of Japan at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

. Nekoda invented the ceiling serve, a serve where the ball is hit up towards the ceiling with all the lights to make it difficult to judge the landing. He retired in 1980, and died of

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in 1983. In 2023, Nekoda was posthumously inducted into the

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Katsutoshi Nekoda Profile at JTI.co.jp
(in Japanese) (archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nekoda, Katsutoshi 1944 births 1983 deaths Olympic volleyball players for Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Japanese men's volleyball players Volleyball players from Hiroshima Deaths from stomach cancer Olympic medalists in volleyball Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1966 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 1970 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 1974 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games volleyball players for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese sportsmen

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