is a retired male race walker from

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. He set his personal best (1:19.29) in the men's 20 km on January 30, 2000, in

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International competitions

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* * * 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture Japanese male racewalkers Olympic male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub