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 ...

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. 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 ...

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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 {{Japan-fieldhockey-bio-stub