Akiro Ito (born March 10, 1981) is a

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player from Japan, who finished in ninth place with the national squad at the

2006 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating A ...

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. Before the start of the tournament he played 23 international matches for his native country, according to the official players list issued by the International Field Hockey Federation.

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1981 births Japanese male field hockey players Living people Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games field hockey players for Japan 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-fieldhockey-bio-stub