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* 1975 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Japanese male freestyle swimmers Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub