is a Japanese former professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

. He finished second in the

Japanese National Road Race Championships The Japanese National Road Race Championships are conducted every year under the auspices of the Japan Cycling Federation. Men Elite U23 Women See also *Japanese National Time Trial Championships The Japanese National Time Trial Champions ...

in 2008 and 2014, and represented Japan in the

2008 UCI Road World Championships The 2008 UCI Road World Championships took place in Varese, Italy, between September 23 and September 28, 2008. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Qualification Participating nations Cyclists fro ...

. He has won the elite road race competition at the

National Sports Festival of Japan The is the national premier sports event of Japan. It consists of three stages. The skating and ice hockey stage takes place in January, the skiing stage takes place in February, and the main Autumn tournament takes place in September and Octob ...

four times.

Major results

;2008 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2009 : 1st Road race,

East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic C ...

: 6th

Kumamoto International Road Race The Kumamoto International Road Race was a professional cycling race held annually in Japan. It was part of UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cy ...

: 8th Overall

Tour de Okinawa The is an annual professional road bicycle racing Classic cycle races, classic one-day race held in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was first started in 1989 as an amateur race, but became professional in 1999. It became part of the UCI Asia Tour i ...

;2010 : 4th

;2011 : 1st Stage 2

Tour de Filipinas The Le Tour de Filipinas is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Luzon, Philippines since 1955 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is held in April every year. While the course changes every year, the tour traditionally end ...

;2012 : 9th Overall

Tour de Hokkaido The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. The event for 2018 was ...

;2014 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2015 : 5th

References

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* * 1981 births Living people Japanese male cyclists People from Fukui (city) Sportspeople from Fukui Prefecture {{Japan-cycling-bio-stub