is a Japanese sledge hockey coach. He has been the head coach of Japan's national sledge hockey team since 2002. The team won a silver medal at the

2010 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 44 , athletes = 506 , events = 64 in 5 sports , opening = 12 March , closing = 21 March , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Zach Beaumont , stadium = BC Place , winter_pr ...

. Nakakita began playing ice hockey when he was 6. When he was 12, without speaking any English, he arrived in Vancouver, Canada by himself to attend the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds summer hockey school. Two years later, he was sponsored by

Terry O'Malley Terrence M. "Terry" O'Malley (born October 21, 1940 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player, currently serving as an assistant coach to the Regina Cougars women's ice hockey team of the University of Regina, a position he ...

(a former Canadian player who played in Japan) and arrived in Chatham, Ontario to play midget AAA hockey. Following a stay at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, he attended the United States International University in San Diego, where he played college hockey during the 1984–85 and 1987–88 NCAA seasons before suffering a career-ending knee injury. He returned to Japan and was hired by

Hitachi () is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Ni ...

for his ability to speak English. He was the managing director of Hitachi India from 2015 to 2017.

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*Hitachi Brand (October 22, 2012)
Respect & Connect (Part 1)
& — the story of Kojin Nakakita of Hitachi and the Japan National Ice Sledge Hockey Team {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakakita Kojin 1963 births Living people Japanese ice hockey coaches People from Takamatsu, Kagawa United States International University alumni Sportspeople from Kagawa Prefecture United States International Gulls men's ice hockey players