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
- ^ a b c d Junichi Komori (74) and the Janpanese invasion Obituary on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ World 3-Cushion Billiards Championships Archived 2005-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Results on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
External links
- COMO-ROOM (in Japanese) [clarification needed]
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- 1981: Japan (Kobayashi, Komori)
- 1982–84: not held
- 1985: Japan (Kobayashi, Komori)
- 1986: not held
- 1987: Sweden (L. Blomdahl, T. Blomdahl)
- 1988–89: not held
- 1990: Japan (Kai, Yoshihara)
- 1991: Sweden (L. Blomdahl, T. Blomdahl)
- 1992: Japan (Kobayashi, Komori)
- 1993: Germany (Aguirre, Rudolph)
- 1994: Germany (Aguirre, Rudolph)
- 1995: Denmark (Haack-Sørensen, Nelin)
- 1996: Denmark (Laursen, Nelin)
- 1997: Germany (Rudolph, Schirmbrand)
- 1998: Netherlands (Burgman, Jaspers)
- 1999: Netherlands (Burgman, Jaspers)
- 2000: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
- 2001: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
- 2002: Germany (Horn, Rudolph)
- 2003: Turkey (Saygıner, Taşdemir)
- 2004: Turkey (Saygıner, Taşdemir)
- 2005: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
- 2006: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
- 2007: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
- 2008: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
- 2009: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
- 2010: Turkey (Çoklu, Yüksel)
- 2011: Turkey (Çenet, Taşdemir)
- 2012: Belgium (Caudron, Merckx)
- 2013: Belgium (Caudron, Merckx)
- 2014: Belgium (Caudron, Merckx)
- 2015: Belgium (Caudron, Merckx)
- 2016: Netherlands (Jaspers, Erp)
- 2017: South Korea (Choi, Kim)
- 2018: South Korea (Choi, Kang)
- 2019: Turkey (Çenet, Çoklu)
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