(born 30 June 1973) is a Japanese
IFBB professional
bodybuilder
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. In 2007 he became the first Japanese bodybuilder to compete in the
Mr. Olympia
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contest and was the first Japanese bodybuilder to have been invited to compete at the
Arnold Classic
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.
Early life
Hidetada Yamagishi was born and raised in
Obihiro, Hokkaido
is a city in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Obihiro is the only designated city in the Tokachi area. As of February 29, 2020, the city has an estimated population of 165,851. The next most populous municipality in Tokachi is the adj ...
. During his youth, he played
rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
and started lifting weights while at Hokkaido Sapporo Asahigaoka High School. He then proceeded to
Waseda University
, abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.
The university has numerou ...
, where he pursued weightlifting more seriously.
Career
Yamagishi has appeared in a number of magazines, including ''
Weekly Playboy
, also known as or ''WPB'', is a Japanese weekly magazine published by Shueisha since 1966. Although the magazine publishes a variety of news and special interest articles, columns, celebrity interviews, and manga, it is considered an Pornographi ...
'', ''
Tarzan
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'', and ''
Ironman Japan'', and has released a number of few training videos/DVDs, the latest being called ''闘: A Warrior's Fight''. He has also appeared on television in Japan.
In January 2008, Yamagishi was charged in California with possession (and supposed distribution) of steroids; he served a 65-day sentence in an American prison before being released and having all felony charges dismissed.
Yamagishi's "philosophy on training" is "an 'all or nothing' mentality. There is no such thing as 'impossible'. Train hard everyday, and even harder the next day!"
He lives both in the US and Japan. He holds a degree in
Sports Nutrition Science and National Certification in Japan from the NSCA-Japan and National Certification in Japan for
Acupuncture
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Therapy.
IFBB professional history
2005
* IFBB Ironman Pro Invitational - 17th
2006
* IFBB Grand Prix Austria - 12th
* IFBB Grand Prix Holland - 4th
* IFBB Grand Prix Romania - 6th
* IFBB Ironman Pro Invitational - Unplaced
* IFBB San Francisco Pro Invitational - 11th
* IFBB Santa Susanna Pro - 12th
2007
* IFBB Ironman Pro Invitational - 7th
* IFBB Arnold Classic - 13th
* IFBB Atlantic City Pro - 9th
* IFBB Mr. Olympia - 13th
* IFBB Grand Prix Australia - 5th
* IFBB Sacramento Pro Championships - 3rd
2008
* IFBB Atlantic City Pro - 9th
2009
* IFBB Ironman Pro Invitational - 4th
* IFBB New York Pro -5th
* IFBB Europa Show of Champions - 2nd
* IFBB Mr. Olympia - 9th
2010
* IFBB Mr. Olympia - 10th
* IFBB Arnold Classic - 8th
* IFBB New York Pro - 2nd
* IFBB Europa show of Champions - 1st
* IFBB Orlando Show of Champions - 10th
* IFBB Phoenix Pro - 2nd
2011
* IFBB Phoenix Pro - 2nd
* IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships (a.k.a. Tampa Pro) - 2nd
* IFBB Mr. Olympia - 10th
2012
* NPC Lansing Grand Prix - NP
* IFBB PBW Tampa Pro - 3rd
* IFBB Dallas Europa Supershow - 2nd
* IFBB Mr. Olympia - 15th
* IFBB Arnold Classic Europe - 12th
* IFBB British Grand Prix - 8th
2013
* IFBB Arnold Classic - 5th
2014
* IFBB Arnold Classic 212 category - 4th
* IFBB Mr. Olympia 212 category - 4th
* IFBB Tampa Pro 212 category - 1st
2015
* IFBB Arnold Classic 212 category - 2nd
* IFBB Mr. Olympia 212 category - 3rd
2016
* IFBB Arnold Classic 212 category - 1st
* IFBB Mr. Olympia 212 category - 6th
* IFBB Asia Grand Prix 212 category - 3rd
2017
* IFBB Arnold Classic 212 category - 6th
2018
* IFBB Arnold Classic - 10th
* IFBB Arnold Classic Australia - 5th
* IFBB Indy Pro - 7th
2019
* IFBB Europa Dallas - 1st
* IFBB Mr. Olympia 212 category - 8th
2020
* IFBB Mr. Olympia 212 category - 14th
References
External links
*
Hidetada Yamagishi interview with evolutionofbodybuilding.net
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Living people
1973 births
Japanese bodybuilders
Waseda University alumni
Competitors at the 2001 World Games