is a former
Japanese
marathon runner. After finishing second in the
Fukuoka Marathon
The is an IAAF Gold Label international men's marathon race held in Fukuoka, Japan. It was previously known as the Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship between 1947 and 2021, when it was announced the race would be discontinued on its ...
1998 with his career best of 2:08:48, he won the bronze medal at the
1999 World Championships in Athletics
The 7th World Championships in Athletics, a World Athletic Championships event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and Augu ...
.
At the
Olympics 2000, he finished in 41st place.
Achievements
External links
*
Japanese male long-distance runners
Japanese male marathon runners
Olympic athletes of Japan
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
1972 births
Living people
People from Kariya, Aichi
World Athletics Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Aichi Prefecture
{{Japan-athletics-bio-stub