was a Japanese

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ka. He was born in

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. He entered the

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after graduating from Fukuoka University, and won the Men's -95 kg category silver medal at the Asian Championships in 1995. He became famous when he defeated Fedor Emelianenko at the Russian judo championships held in 1998. November 8, 2006, He died due to

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Japanese male judoka 1974 births 2006 deaths Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture Universiade medalists in judo Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-judo-bio-stub