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 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, ...

and the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

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1973 births Living people Japanese male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Japan Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Weightlifters at the 1994 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-weightlifting-bio-stub