was a Japanese

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. He later made a name for himself as a photographer.

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1909 births 1963 deaths Place of birth missing Japanese male shot putters Olympic male shot putters Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Japanese photographers 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-shotput-athletics-bio-stub