is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. He won bronze medals in

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

at the

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and 1995 World Indoor Championships In 1998 he won the silver medal at the

Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics * Asian ...

, and was subsequently selected to represent Asia in 4 × 400 metres relay at the

1998 IAAF World Cup 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

. The Asian team finished sixth with teammates Ibrahim Ismail Faraj, Sugath Tillakaratne and fellow Japanese Kenji Tabata. In May the same year he clocked a career best time of 45.33 seconds in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

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* * * 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture Japanese male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Universiade silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub