Superfan Naotoshi Yamada, famous in Japan for having been to every Summer Games ...
FILE PHOTO: Naotoshi Yamada poses for a photo at his office in Tokyo, Japan, October 3, 2018. Picture taken October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO - Superfan Naotoshi Yamada, famous in Japan for having been to every Summer Games since 1964, has died aged 92 with an unfulfilled dream of watching the Olympics when it returns to Tokyo next year.Yamada, known to his Japanese compatriots as “Olympic Ojisan”, or “Olympics Grandad”, first experienced the Games when Tokyo last hosted the gathering in 1964.
He had been a colorful presence at every Summer Games since, in his distinctive gold top hat and red jacket to pair with his beaming smile. In an interview with Reuters in October, Yamada had expressed his desire to live long enough to see the Tokyo 2020 Games.Yamada’s haul of flags, stamps, photographs and other items collected on his Olympic travels are on display at a gallery in his hometown of Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture.
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