Akiro Ito (born March 10, 1981) is a
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player from Japan,
who finished in ninth place with the national squad at the
2006 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating Aus ...
in
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Geography Municipal subdivisions
Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbac ...
. Before the start of the tournament he played 23 international matches for his native country, according to the official players list issued by the
International Field Hockey Federation
The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerlan ...
.
References
1981 births
Japanese male field hockey players
Living people
Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games
2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Asian Games competitors for Japan
21st-century Japanese people
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