is a Japanese athlete specialising in the long jump. He twice represented his country at World Championships, in 2007 and 2009, failing to reach the final.
His personal bests are 8.09 metres outdoors (2008) and 7.77 metres indoors (2003). He also holds the Japanese masters record (M35) with 7.33 metres outdoors (2017).
Competition record Representing 2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile15th (q)7.31 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)2003UniversiadeDaegu, South Korea12th7.58 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)Asian ChampionshipsManila, Philippines5th7.77 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)2006Asian Indoor ChampionshipsPattaya, Thailand2nd7.75 m2007Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan9th7.61 m (wind: +4.3 m/s)World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan26th (q)7.62 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)2009World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea41st (q)7.53 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)2017World Masters Games (M35)Auckland, New Zealand1st7.33 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
National titles Japanese Championships Long jump: 2007, 2009, 2012
References
External links
Daisuke Arakawa at JAAF Daisuke Arakawa at TBS (archived)