was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He was part of the Japanese teams that won Olympic medals in 1960 and 1964, and set three

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in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in 1959 and 1963. At the 1960 Olympics Fukui also reached the final of the individual 400 m event. He was the flag bearer for Japan at the 1964 Olympics.

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1940 births 1992 deaths Olympic swimmers for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Japanese male freestyle swimmers Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Japan Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub