So who is the most famous soccer coach in Japan? Well, it could be Japan team coach Takeshi Okada or maybe Gamba Osaka's Akira Nishino. On the other hand, it may be someone many adults have never heard of: Tom-san.
"It's sometimes embarrassing," says Tom Byer. "When I did an event with France's Zinedine Zidane, all the kids were shouting out 'Tom-san, Tom-san.' "
You see, Tom-san is rather well known. He probably wasn't the world's greatest soccer player, and he might not even be the world's greatest coach, but in Japan he's the big cheese.
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