(11 July 1941 – 26 July 2015)
Obituary on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015. was a Japanese

three-cushion billiards Three-cushion billiards, also called three-cushion carom, is a form of carom billiards. The object of the game is to the off both while contacting the at least three times before contacting the second object ball. A point is scored for each su ...

player. Komori has won 4 Japanese titles. However, he never won an individual world title, finishing in third position at the

UMB World Three-cushion Championship The UMB World Three-cushion Championship is a professional carom billiards tournament in the discipline of three-cushion billiards, organized mostly annually by the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB). Until 1953 it was organized by the UIFAB (Union ...

on three occasions, in 1976, 1978 and 1985. Along with

Nobuaki Kobayashi was a Japanese professional three-cushion billiards player and 2-time world champion. After placing 2nd to Belgium's Raymond Ceulemans three times (1970, 1972 and 1973) in the UMB World Three-cushion Championship, Kobayashi turned things around ...

he won the UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams three times, in 1981, 1985 and 1992.World 3-Cushion Billiards Championships

on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015. In 1993, he set a world record by achieving a high run of 28, breaking the previous record of 25 set by

Willie Hoppe William Frederick Hoppe (October 11, 1887 – February 1, 1959) (surname rhymes with "poppy"), was an internationally renowned American professional carom billiards champion, who was posthumously inducted into the Billiard Congress of America H ...

. This was eventually surpassed by

Semih Sayginer Semih is a Turkish given name for males, meaning ''Generous'' and also ''Worthy'' and Great. Semiha is the female form. People named Semih include: * Semih Aydilek, Turkish footballer * Semih Çalışkan (born 1986), Turkish novelist * Semih Deni ...

and Hugo Patiño who both achieved 31. He also achieved a 3.333 game average. In 2015 he died of cancer just two weeks after his 74th birthday.

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1941 births 2015 deaths Japanese carom billiards players World champions in three-cushion billiards Deaths from cancer in Japan Place of death missing Place of birth missing {{billiards-bio-stub