is a Japanese wrestler. He won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, beating Sushil Kumar of India in the finals of the 66 kg Men's Freestyle Wrestling. He is Second lieutenant in the

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ( ja, 陸上自衛隊, Rikujō Jieitai), , also referred to as the Japanese Army, is the land warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three service b ...

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Tokyo Sports is a Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1960. See also * Tokyo Sports Film Award * Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards The are Japanese professional wrestling, or ''puroresu'', awards that have been handed out by the ''Tokyo Sports'' ma ...

'' ** Wrestling Special Award (2009)

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Living people 1986 births People from Yamanashi Prefecture Japanese male sport wrestlers Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel Olympic wrestlers of Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in wrestling Olympic medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games gold medalists for Japan {{Japan-wrestling-bio-stub Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Japanese people