is a Japanese

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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1971 births Living people Japanese male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Japan Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kobe Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1994 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-weightlifting-bio-stub