is a retired Japanese sprinter who specializes in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. He won bronze medals in

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

in two editions of the World Indoor Championships; in

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with teammates

Masayoshi Kan is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He won bronze medals in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1993 and 1995 World Indoor Championships In 1998 he won the silver medal at the Asian Championships, and was subsequently s ...

Seiji Inagaki Seiji Inagaki (born 28 April 1973) is a retired Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. He won bronze medals in 4 × 400 metres relay in two editions of the World Indoor Championships; in 1993 with teammates Masayoshi Kan, Yos ...

and

Yoshihiko Saito is a retired Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. He was the first Asian to run under 49 seconds in the event. With a personal best time of 48.64 seconds, achieved in October 1998 in Kumamoto, he is a former Asian record ...

and in

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with Kan, Inagaki and

Tomonari Ono Tomonari Ono (born February 7, 1974) is a Japanese former sprinter who specialized in the 400 and 800 meters. He won a bronze medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1995 World Indoor Championships in Barcelona, along with Hiroyuki Hayashi, Se ...

. He also competed in the same event at the 1997 World Championships without reaching the final.1997 World Championships Official Results – 4x400 Metres Relay – Men – Semi-Final
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* 1973 births Living people Japanese male sprinters World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub