is a retired Japanese long-distance track event, long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in eighth, second and fifth place, respectively. He won two gold medals in the marathon at the Asian Games in Athletics at the 1966 Asian Games, 1966 and Athletics at the 1970 Asian Games, 1970, and won the Boston Marathon in 1966. He was very successful on the Japanese road racing circuit, winning the Tokyo International Marathon and Lake Biwa Marathon in both 1963 and 1964, and registering four wins at the Beppu-Ōita Marathon between 1967 and 1973. Kimihara raced in the 2016 Boston Marathon, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his 1966 win. He completed the race in a time of 4:53:14.

Achievements

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

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1941 births Living people Sportspeople from Kitakyushu Japanese male long-distance runners Japanese male marathon runners Olympic male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Boston Marathon male winners Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub