is a Japanese sprinter. He competed in

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, and was part of the Japanese 4 × 400 m team. He also competed in the

2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) () was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 200 ...

, held in Moscow. More recently he took part in

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

races in various meetings, clocking 10.09 into a slight headwind in Kawasaki in May 2015, performing well enough to represent Japan in the 100 m at the 2015 World Championships as well as in the 200 m. He competed at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

in the 200 m, only.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

– 10.09 (-0.1 m/s, Kawasaki 2015) *

– 20.14 (+1.0 m/s, Kumagaya 2015)

References

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* 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Shizuoka (city) Japanese male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub