is a retired Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and occasionally the 400 metres.
He teaches sports at Hosei University.Teachers' introductions, Department of Psychology, Hosei University.
Personal bests EventTimeVenueDateNotesOutdoor400 m 45.57 sTokyo, Japan6 September 1997800 m 1:48.04 s26 February 1995400 m hurdles48.34 sTokyo, Japan5 October 1997Japan's 4th-fastest timeIndoor400 m 45.76 sParis, France9 March 1997Japan's record
Records relay Former Japanese university record holder - 3:07.51 s (relay leg: 4th) (Tokyo, 19 May 1991) 400 metres (Indoor) Former Asian record holder - 45.76 s (Paris, 9 March 1997) Current Japanese record holder - 45.76 s (Paris, 9 March 1997) relay (Indoor) Current Asian and Japanese record holder - 3:05.90 s (relay leg: 4th) (Maebashi, 6 March 1999)
with Kazuhiro Takahashi, Jun Osakada, and Masayoshi Kan
International competition record Representing 1989UniversiadeDuisburg, West Germany (sf)400 m hurdles1991UniversiadeSheffield, United Kingdom400 m relay3:07.82 (relay leg: 1st)1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan (sf)400 m hurdles1993East Asian GamesShanghai, China400 m hurdlesWorld ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany (sf)400 m hurdles (sf) relay3:02.43 (relay leg: 2nd)1994Asian GamesHiroshima, Japan400 m hurdles relay3:10.91 (relay leg: 4th)1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden (sf)400 m hurdles7th (h) (sf) relay3:01.46 (relay leg: 1st)1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States (h)400 m hurdles relay3:00.76 (relay leg: 1st) AR1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France400 m AR relay3:20.18 (relay leg: 1st)East Asian GamesBusan, South Korea400 m relay3:04.35 (relay leg: 4th)World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece (sf)400 m hurdles (sf) relay3:03.85 (relay leg: 1st)Grand Prix FinalFukuoka, Japan400 m hurdles1998Asian ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan400 m relay3:02.61 (relay leg: 3rd)Asian GamesBangkok, Thailand relay3:01.70 (relay leg: 4th)1999World Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan relay3:06.22 (relay leg: 4th)World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain (h)400 m hurdles2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia (sf) relay3:13.63 (relay leg: 1st)
National championships He has won the individual national championship 3 times. 1 win in the 400 metres (1993) 2 wins in the 400 metres hurdles (1994, 1997)
References
External links
Official blog