Jim Asato

{{Short description|American football and baseball coach (1927–2022)}}

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| name = Jim Asato

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|7|18}}

| birth_place = Makawao, Hawaii Territory, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|5|11|1927|7|18}}

| death_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

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| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1949–1951

| player_team2 = Hawaii

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| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1962–1964

| coach_team2 = Hawaii

| coach_sport3 = Baseball

| coach_years4 = 1962–1964

| coach_team4 = Hawaii

| overall_record = 15–12 (football)

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James Katsuhide Asato (July 18, 1927 – May 11, 2022) was an American football and baseball coach.{{cite news|title=Jimmy Asato to Enroll at Hawaii U.|page=15|newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|date=August 2, 1948|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53675622/honolulu-star-bulletin/|accessdate=June 18, 2020}} He served as the head coach at the University of Hawaii from 1962 to 1964. In June 1953, he married Agnes Fujiwara.{{cite news|title=Mrs. James K. Asato|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53675735/honolulu-star-bulletin/|newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|date=June 30, 1953|page=29|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}{{cite news|title=Son Born To Jimmy Asatos|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53675563/the-honolulu-advertiser/|date=August 11, 1957|page=35|newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}

Asato died in Honolulu on May 11, 2022, at the age of 94.{{cite news |title=James "Jimmy" Katsuhide Asato death notice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114930809/obituary-for-james-katsuhide-asato/ |access-date=20 December 2022 |publisher=West Hawaii Today |date=14 August 2022}}