Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
Nippon Sport Science University
, abbreviated as , is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo and Aoba-ku, Yokohama. The precursor of the school was founded in 1893, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. The school is known for the many famous athletes among its alumni. ...
and University of California, Los Angeles. He holds a PhD which he completed at Nippon Sport Science University.
From 1996-2003, Katsuzaki was training coach for the
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a s ...
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When the Fighters moved to Hokkaido, Katsuzaki was offered a position with Hiromitsu Ochiai's staff at the Chunichi Dragons where he performed as conditioning coach between 2003 and 2011 overseeing several Central League pennant wins and a Japan Series win.
He was invited as a special coach at the Lotte Giants in the
Korean Baseball Organisation
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO; ko, 한국야구위원회) is the governing body for the professional leagues of baseball in South Korea. The KBO was founded in 1981 and has governed two leagues: the KBO League ( ko, KBO 리그) and KBO ...
and although he had a permanent role during the year, he left after spending a season with the team.
In 2014, he made a come back to the Dragons. On 4 October 2019, Katsuzaki left the Dragons by mutual consent.
In 2019, it was announced Katsuzaki had joined the backroom at NPB aspirant franchise, Ryukyu Blue Oceans.
Personal
Katsuzaki is a published academic author previously writing on pitching motion, coordination in sport performance and pitching disorders.
In 2013, Katsuzaki published a DVD book on training methods to become better at baseball.
On 27 February 2017 while moving for an open game against the
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a s ...
, Katuzaki and fellow conditioning coach
Takemi Miyamae
is a Japanese conditioning coach for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Career
Miyamae graduated from Seifu High School where he was a 400m hurdles runner. He took part in the 4x400 hurdle relay in the 1985 inter-h ...
rushed to the help of a man who had fainted at
Naha Airport
is a second class airport located west of the city hallAIS Japan in