is a retired male medley

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. He represented his native country at the

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. He is best known for winning three gold medals at the

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1980 births Living people Japanese male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Universiade medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Universiade gold medalists for Japan Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 21st-century Japanese people {{japan-swimming-bio-stub