is a Japanese male former

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 lift ...

, who competed in the 67.5 category and represented Japan at international competitions. He won the bronze medal in the snatch at the 1970 World Weightlifting Championships lifting 125.0 kg. He participated at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

and at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

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* 1947 births Living people Japanese male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic weightlifters for Japan Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-weightlifting-bio-stub