is a Japanese lightweight rower. Between 1996 and 2012, he competed at five

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. He won a gold medal at the

2000 World Rowing Championships The 2000 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 1 to 6 August 2000 in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Since 2000 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Champ ...

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with the lightweight men's

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1973 births Living people Japanese male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Japan Olympic rowers of Japan Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in rowing Rowers at the 1998 Asian Games Rowers at the 2002 Asian Games Rowers at the 2006 Asian Games Rowers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games {{Japan-rowing-bio-stub