is a former

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from

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 ...

, who represented his native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in

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in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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* 1968 births Japanese male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 1990 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Universiade medalists in speed skating Nippon Sport Science University alumni People from Kushiro, Hokkaido Living people Universiade bronze medalists for Austria Competitors at the 1991 Winter Universiade {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub