is a

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long-distance runner. He competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He finished fifth at the

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, won a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games in

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and finished eleventh at the 2003 World Championships in

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. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2005 as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals there. He graduated from the

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Personal bests

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1979 births Living people People from Toyohashi Japanese athletics coaches Japanese male long-distance runners Japanese male steeplechase runners Olympic male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners Fujitsu people Japanese male cross country runners 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub