(born November 14, 1955 in

Kurume, Fukuoka is a Cities of Japan, city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city has an estimated population of 303,579 and a population density of 1,320 persons per km². The total area is 229.96 km². On February 5, 2005, the town o ...

) of Japan is a former professional track racing cyclist and ten-consecutive-time world champion in track cycling sprint. He is among the best track sprinters of modern times. From 1977 to 1986, he won an unprecedented 10 consecutive gold medals in professional sprint events at the

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. He was one of the most successful competitors of all-time on the Japanese professional

keirin – literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gamblin ...

circuit.

Video game

Nakano Kōichi Kanshū: Keirin Ō King Keirin ( 競輪王 ) is a track cycling racing

simulation game Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities. A simulation game attempts to copy various activities from real life in the form of a game for various purposes such ...

endorsed by Koichi Nakano, originally created by Coconuts Japan Entertainment ( ココナッツジャパンエンターテイメント), and released by

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in 1994. is a cycling video game that allows the player to control the daily life of a professional cycling athlete. As the title says, it was supervised by Kōichi Nakano.

Gameplay

The player must make daily life decisions while training for the next event. The game starts on April 1, 1994, with a 20-year-old rider. However, he will advance in years as the player progresses in his career and partakes in the events of the cycling season. Players can earn up to 1,000,000,000 yen ($11,068,367.11 in American dollars) and give their rider a name in either

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

. In the actual competition, the player must watch himself try to beat eight other cyclists for the race win. Nine cyclists race against each other in a

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and they compete for money and a championship. It is unknown whether the game makes the player retire at 45 years of age like in most modern titles or not. Riders are not always traveling at full speed or at a specific radius; making a balance between aggressive riding and passive riding a must.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakano, Koichi Japanese male cyclists 1955 births Living people People from Kurume UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Keirin cyclists Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Japanese track cyclists Coconuts Japan games

Video game

Gameplay

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