is a Japanese

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. Matsunaga was born in

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. At the

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, he won silver in his category (55

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s). Matsunaga has also competed in 2 SASUKE competitions (21-22), where he failed the Second Stage's Salmon Ladder and the First Stage's Jumping Spider respectively. He is

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Living people Olympic wrestlers for Japan Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan 1980 births Nippon Sport Science University alumni Olympic medalists in wrestling Sasuke (TV series) contestants Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Japanese male sport wrestlers Sportspeople from Shizuoka Prefecture 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub