is a Japanese former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2019 for the , and teams. His first victory in a road race as a professional was in the 2013 Tour de Okinawa, which he won after the first-place finisher was demoted due to rule violations. In October 2015, he won the ninth stage of the Tour de Singkarak. He became the Japanese road race champion in June 2016. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
Major results
2012 10th Overall Tour de Kumano 2013 1st Tour de Okinawa 2014 9th Overall Tour de Singkarak 2015 6th Tour de Okinawa 7th Overall Tour de Kumano 10th Overall Tour de Singkarak 1st Stage 9 2016 1st Road race, National Road Championships 2017 1st Mountains classification Tour of Japan 10th Overall Tour de Korea
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2019 Giro d'Italia 142 Tour de France— Vuelta a España—
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