Okinawa's Konan HS baseball team manager Gakiya turns 65

Okinawa's Konan HS baseball team manager Gakiya turns 65

Masaru Gakiya, manager of the Konan High School baseball team in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks during an interview in Naha on June 19, 2015. Gakiya, who turned 65 on June 23, led the school to victory in both the spring and summer national high school baseball tournaments in 2010 and was himself Konan's captain when the team made it to the semifinals in the 1968 summer championship at Koshien Stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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