is a Japanese sprinter. Nashimoto competed in the 100 metre sprint at the

2009 Asian Youth Games 2009 Asian Youth Games, officially known as the 1st Asian Youth Games and also known as Singapore 2009, was a pan-continential multi-sport event held in the city state of Singapore from 29 June to 7 July 2009, with 90 events in 9 sports. The pl ...

and

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

, both held in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

, winning gold and silver respectively. In the latter, Nashimoto lost out to

Odean Skeen Odean Skeen (born 28 August 1994) is a Jamaican sprinter. Career At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Skeen won the 100 metres in his then-personal best of 10.42 seconds, ahead of Masaki Nashimoto and David Bolarin ...

but beat favourite

David Bolarinwa David Bolarinwa (born 20 October 1993) is a British sprinter. Sporting career At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Bolarinwa won a bronze medal at the 100 metres, behind Odean Skeen and Masaki Nashimoto. He had ente ...

to silver in a

photo finish A photo finish occurs in a sporting race when multiple competitors cross the finishing line at nearly the same time. As the naked eye may not be able to determine which of the competitors crossed the line first, a photo or video taken at the finis ...

. His personal best in the 100 metres is 10.38 seconds set in 2011.

International competition

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* * 1993 births Living people Japanese male sprinters Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub