is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

. He became Asian marathon champion in 2002. He won the bronze medal at the

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, and finished sixth at the

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

, behind countryfellow Tsuyoshi Ogata. He was qualified for the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, but did not start. His personal best time is 2:08:36 hours, achieved in March 2008 at the Ōtsu Marathon. In the half marathon his personal best time is 1:02:24 hours, achieved in March 2007 in Yamaguchi. He also has 28:34.63 minutes in the

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

, 13:49.95 minutes in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

and 3:48.90 minutes in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

International competitions

References

1983 births Living people Japanese athletics coaches Japanese male long-distance runners Sportspeople from Sakai, Osaka Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Japanese male marathon runners Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub