Hyozo Omori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hyozo Omori

Japanese educator

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1876

Place of Birth: Japan

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1913

Profession: educator

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Hyozo Omori (?? ??, Omori Hyozo, March 14, 1876 – January 3, 1913) was a Japanese physical education specialist who studied in America and married the American artist Annie Barrows Shepley.
In Japan, they established Yurin En (House of the Friendly Neighbor), which was a settlement house and leader in the Japanese playground movement.
Omori introduced basketball and volleyball to the country and was the team manager at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics in Sweden.