is a retired Japanese speed skater. With two silver and one bronze medals at the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships he has been the most successful Japanese long track speed skater in all-round competitions. He was ranked 4th on the Adelskalender in February 1997.Evert Stenlund
Evolution of Adelskalender
/ref> Shirahata established 22 national records and was nine times national all-round champion.Keiji Shirahata
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1973 births Living people Japanese male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Kushiro World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Japanese sportsmen 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub