was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won silver medals at the 1952 Olympics, 1954 World Championships and 1954 Asian Games. In retirement he worked as a wrestling coach and in this capacity attended the 1960 Olympics. In 2016, he died of a heart attack, aged 85.

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1930 births 2016 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Japan Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Japanese male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in wrestling Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1954 Asian Games Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-wrestling-bio-stub