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backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. He represented his native country at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. There, he won two bronze medals in the 100 m backstroke and as a member of the 4 × 100 m medley relay team.

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1984 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Japanese male backstroke swimmers Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub