is a Japanese sprinter. Nashimoto competed in the 100 metre sprint at the

2009 Asian Youth Games 2009 Asian Youth Games, officially known as the 1st Asian Youth Games and also known as Singapore 2009, was a pan-continental multi-sport event held in the city state of Singapore from 29 June to 7 July 2009, with 90 events in 9 sports. The plan ...

and

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, both held in

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, winning gold and silver respectively. In the latter, Nashimoto lost out to

Odean Skeen Odean Skeen (born 28 August 1994) is a Jamaican sprinter. Career At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Skeen won the 100 metres in his then-personal best of 10.42 seconds, ahead of Masaki Nashimoto and David Bolari ...

but beat favourite David Bolarinwa to silver in a

photo finish A photo finish occurs in a sporting race when multiple competitors cross the finishing line at nearly the same time. As the naked eye may not be able to determine which of the competitors crossed the line first, a photo or video taken at the fini ...

. His personal best in the 100 metres is 10.38 seconds set in 2011.

International competition

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* * 1993 births Living people Japanese male sprinters Athletes from Chiba Prefecture Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-sprint-athletics-bio-stub