is a Japanese

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. He competed in the men's long jump at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

. He is currently the track coach of Rakunan High School in

Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...

, where he coached Olympian

Yoshihide Kiryū is a Japanese Sprint (running), sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Born in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Kiryū played soccer, football while at elementary school and became interested in track and field at junior high school, as his brot ...

, the first Japanese to break the 10-second barrier.

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1963 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Japanese athletics coaches Japanese male long jumpers Olympic male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-longjump-athletics-bio-stub