is a Japanese former

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er. He set the world best year performance in 1989, throwing 87.60 metres at a meet in

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, United States on May 27, 1989. Initially, it was announced as a new world record of 87m86, 20cm higher than the previous world record, but the measurer re-measured it with a plastic tape measure and announced it as 87m60.

International competitions

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* 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Wakayama Prefecture Japanese male javelin throwers Olympic male javelin throwers Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub