is a Japanese

wheelchair athlete Parasports are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. Some parasports are forms of adapted physical activities from existing able-bodied sports, while others have been specifically created for ...

Career

Hokinoue's career began in 2002, two years after he sustained a spinal cord injury in a motorcycle accident. His first marathon was at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

, where he placed 5th with a time of 1:23:22. His marathon best is 1:22:01, which he attained at the 2011

Oensingen Oensingen is a municipality in the district of Gäu in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Oensingen is first mentioned in 968 as ''Oingesingin cum ecclesia''. Geography Oensingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.7% is used ...

Wheelchair Marathon; this time became the Japanese record. Hokinoue also holds Japanese records for 5000 m and 10,000 m races.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hokinoue, Kota 1974 births Living people People with paraplegia Japanese male wheelchair racers Sportspeople from Fukuoka (city) Paralympic wheelchair racers Paralympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships