(born 7 January 1972) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Career

His debut World Cup performance was on 17 December 1988 in

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. He won a silver medal in the team large hill at the

2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 took place February 18 – March 1, 2003 in Val di Fiemme, Italy for a second time (1991). The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned ...

in Val di Fiemme and had his individual finish of 10th in the individual large hill at those same championships. Higashi also competed in the

FIS Ski Flying World Championships The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a ski flying event organised by the International Ski Federation and held every two years. The event takes place on hills much larger than ski jumping hills, with the K-point set between and . Unlike or ...

, finishing 5th in the 2004 team event and 15th in the 1998 individual event. He also had six individual victories at various hill sizes from 1992 to 2004.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Higashi, Akira 1972 births Living people Japanese male ski jumpers Skiers from Hokkaido FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Asian Games medalists in ski jumping Ski jumpers at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games