(born September 16, 1974) is a retired

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male

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. He represented Japan at three consecutive

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, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning a five medals in the 1990s at the

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* 1974 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Miyazaki Prefecture Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Japanese male breaststroke swimmers Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese sportsmen 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{japan-swimming-bio-stub