was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Lighting designer

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is his daughter.

Club career

Takeuchi was born in

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on 6 November 1908. He played for Tokyo Imperial University LB was consisted of his alma mater

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players and graduates.

National team career

In May 1930, when Takeuchi was a

student, he was selected Japan national team for 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games in

and Japan won the championship. At this competition, on 25 May, he debuted against

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. In 1936, he was selected Japan for 1936 Summer Olympics in

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and he played 2 games as Japan team captain. Japan completed a come-from-behind victory first game against

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. The first victory in Olympics for the Japan and the historic victory over one of the powerhouses became later known as "Miracle of Berlin" ( ベルリンの奇跡) in Japan. In 2016, this team was selected

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. He played 4 games for Japan until 1936.Japan National Football Team Database
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Death

In 1944, Takeuchi served in the military for

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and was detained in the

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following the war (

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). On 12 April 1946, he died in a detention camp; the 20th POW camp in

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at the age of 37. In 2006, he was selected

National team statistics

References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
at Japan Football Association
Japan Football Hall of Fame
(Japan team at 1936 Olympics) at Japan Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:Takeuchi, Teizo 1908 births 1946 deaths University of Tokyo alumni Association football people from Tokyo Japanese footballers Japan international footballers Olympic footballers of Japan Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Association football defenders Japanese military personnel of World War II Japanese people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in Soviet detention Siberian internees