is a retired Japanese athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented his country at the 1992 and

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as well as four World Championships. His best individual success was reaching the semifinals at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. He became the first Japanese to reach the 100 metres semifinal at the

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. He was the former Japanese record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and a two-time Japanese Championships champion in the 100 metres. He played

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before turning to athletics.

Competition record

National titles

* Japanese Championships **100 m: 1993, 1994

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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– 10.20 (+0.5 m/s, Tokyo 1991): Former national record *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 20.72 (+0.4 m/s, Tokyo 1993): Former national record Indoor *

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– 6.71 (Bielefeld 1998)

References

1971 births Living people People from Kishiwada, Osaka Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture Japanese male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Universiade silver medalists for Japan Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub