Background
Katsuhisa was born in Tokyo to a Japanese father and American mother. He attended Nishimachi International School in Tokyo, where his father was the headmaster, then Bellevue High School in Washington, United States.
勝久 マイケル
Katsuhisa was born in Tokyo to a Japanese father and American mother. He attended Nishimachi International School in Tokyo, where his father was the headmaster, then Bellevue High School in Washington, United States.
Bellevue High School.
As a player
Katsuhisa was drafted fifth overall by the Osaka Evessa in the 2009 bj league draft. At the end of his first season he was released as a player and signed as a coach of the Evessa"s reserve team However, injuries to Evessa"s main players saw he re-signed as a player in January 2011.
As a coach
In the 2011 off-season he left the Evessa to become an assistant coach at the expansion team Yokohama B-Corsairs under former National Basketball Association player Reggie Geary.
Katsuhisa was Geary"s assistant and interpreter for two seasons, including during their championship 2012-2013 season. At the end of the 2012-2013 season Geary left the B-Corsairs and Katsuhisa became head coach.
However, the team lost most of its championship stars and struggled under Katsuhisa. In his first season as head coach the B-Corsairs finished with a 24-28 record, missing out on the playoffs for the first time in the club"s history.
Katsuhisa remained as head coach for the 2014-2015 season.
The club struggled further however, with star Wayne Marshall missing a quarter of the season due to injury. In June 2015 Katsuhisa was named as the coach of the Shimane Susanoo Magic for the 2015-2016 season. He was replaced at the B-Corsairs by his assistant, Taketo Aoki.