| Mototaka Kohama | |
| Birth Date: | 17 October 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo |
| Death Place: | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Position: | Head coach |
| Highschool: | Sumida Technical HS (Tokyo, Japan) |
| Years1: | 1951-1958 |
| Team1: | Nippon Mining |
| Cyears1: | ? |
| Cteam1: | Showa Gakuin HS |
| Cyears2: | ? |
| Cteam2: | Yasuda Life |
| Cyears3: | ? |
| Cteam3: | Hitachi Totsuka Leopard |
| Cyears4: | 1977 |
| Cteam4: | Hosei University |
| Cyears5: | 1979 |
| Cteam5: | Japan National |
| Cyears6: | 1984-1989 |
| Cteam6: | Japan |
| Cyears7: | 1996-2000 |
| Cteam7: | Japan |
| Cyears8: | 1982-1992 |
| Cteam8: | Akita Isuzu Motors/Isuzu Motors Lynx |
| Cyears9: | 1994-2005 |
| Cteam9: | Isuzu Motors Lynx/Giga Cats/Yokohama Giga Cats |
| Cyears10: | 2007-2017 |
| Cteam10: | Ikai Red Chimps |
| Highlights: | As player:
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was a Japanese basketball Head coach for the Akita Isuzu Motors, Isuzu Motors Lynx/Giga Cats and Yokohama Giga Cats. He was known as the “Godfather of Japanese basketball,” and served as head coach of the Japan national basketball team three times. Growing up in Akita during WWII as a young boy, he was told to stop playing basketball because it was an American sport. The pioneer studied basketball coaching at the University of Kentucky.[1] [2]