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was a Japanese
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figure skater
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. He won the Japan Figure Skating Championships
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in 1933–1935, 1937 and 1938. In 1936, he represented Japan at the Winter Olympics
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, World Championhips and European Championships
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. He studied and trained at Kwansei Gakuin University
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* 1913 births Year of death missing Japanese male single skaters Olympic figure skaters of Japan Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics {{Japan-figure-skating-bio-stub