is a Japanese

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ka. His wife,

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is bronze medalist of

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in 1992. Masuchi is from

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. He began judo at the age of a 10 and after graduation from

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, He belonged to Marunaka and

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. He became Asian champion of openweight category in 1994, 1997. He also participated

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13 times, and the record is the most in history. As of 2009, Masuchi coaches judo at his alma mater,

, where he previously studied as an undergraduate.

References

Japanese male judoka People from Mie Prefecture 1970 births Living people Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Universiade medalists in judo Universiade gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-judo-bio-stub