is a Japanese
judo
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ka, Olympic medalist and world champion.
He is from
Kōriyama, Fukushima. After graduation from
Nihon University
, abbreviated as , is a private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice, in 1889. It is one of Japan's leading private univers ...
, He belonged to
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
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.
He received a bronze medal in the heavyweight class at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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in
Montreal
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.
["1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Judo"]
(Retrieved on 30 November 2008) He is
world champion from 1975 and
from 1979.
As of 2008, He coaches judo at
North Asia University
is a private university located in the city of Akita, Japan.
History
The school opened as Akita Keizai University in 1964. It changed its name to Akita Keizaihoka University in 1983. The present name was adopted in 2007.
Organization
*Depart ...
in
Akita,
Japan. He is also one of the 'Frontier Ambassadors' of his hometown Koriyama City.
References
External links
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1950 births
Living people
Japanese male judoka
Olympic judoka of Japan
Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Nihon University alumni
Olympic medalists in judo
People from Kōriyama
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
20th-century Japanese people
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