is a Japanese

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

. He competed at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

and the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

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1978 births Living people Japanese male short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters of Japan Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Aichi Prefecture Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub