was a Japanese

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. He competed in the men's high jump at the

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1914 births 2008 deaths Place of birth missing Japanese athletics coaches Japanese male high jumpers Olympic male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub