is a Japanese lightweight rower. He competed at the 1992 (

coxless pair A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars. The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side (rower's right ...

) and 1996 Olympics ( lightweight coxless four). He won a gold medal at the

2000 World Rowing Championships The 2000 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 1 to 6 August 2000 in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Since 2000 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Champ ...

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with the lightweight men's

quadruple scull A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated 4x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each hand. R ...

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1972 births Living people Japanese male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Japan Olympic rowers for Japan Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in rowing Rowers at the 1998 Asian Games Rowers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Japan-rowing-bio-stub