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Junichi Komori

Junichi Komori

Japanese 3-cushion billiards player and world champion

Junichi Komori (小森 純一, Komori Jun-ichi) (11 July 1941 – 26 July 2015)[1] was a Japanese three-cushion billiards 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 on three occasions, in 1976, 1978 and 1985. Along with Nobuaki Kobayashi he won the UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams three times, in 1981, 1985 and 1992.[1][2][3]

In 1993, he set a world record by achieving a high run of 28, breaking the previous record of 25 set by Willie Hoppe. This was eventually surpassed by Semih Sayginer and Hugo Patiño who both achieved 31.[1]

He also achieved a 3.333 game average.[3]

In 2015 he died of cancer just two weeks after his 74th birthday.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Junichi Komori (74) and the Janpanese invasion Obituary on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. [2]
    World 3-Cushion Billiards Championships Archived 2005-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Results on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.


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