was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. At the 1936 Olympics he won the gold medal in the 1500 m event with a margin of 10 seconds. In 1994 he was inducted into the

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1917 births 1986 deaths Olympic swimmers for Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Japanese male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming 20th-century Japanese sportsmen Swimmers from Shizuoka Prefecture {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub

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