was a Japanese former

freestyle swimmer Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most commo ...

who won two medals at the

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. Uto endured much hardship after World War II and deposited both his medals to a

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to get some money for living. He later found a job in general affairs at the Niigata Nippo company. After retiring he moved to

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the n ...

to do agriculture.

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* 1918 births Possibly living people Japanese male freestyle swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Shizuoka Prefecture People from Kakegawa, Shizuoka Rikkyo University alumni Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub