is a Japanese former

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ka who competed in the

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. He was world finalist in 1986 in Maastricht, and won bronze in

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in 1983. He won five consecutive All Japan titles from 1980-1984; won the US Open and Hungarian Open titles; and in 1981, won the Kano Cup in

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