Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
T54
Further personal information
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Japanese
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
He took up the sport in 2004.
Why this sport?
He was invited to a training session by Japanese Para athlete Sanshichi Hirasawa when he began rehabilitation following an accident.
Club / Team
Puma Japan: Japan
International debut
Year
2010
Competing for
Japan
Tournament
Asian Para Games
Location
Guangzhou, CHN
General interest
Hobbies
Spending time with his cat. (sports.nhk.or.jp, 25 Sep 2019, 29 May 2020)
Memorable sporting achievement
Finishing in the top eight in the 1500m and the 5000m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 14 Jul 2017)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Go deeply." (Athlete, 14 Jul 2017)
Awards and honours
He received the Nagano Prefecture Sports Honorary Award in 2012. (agano-sports.or.jp, 2012)
Ambitions
To win a gold medal in 5000m at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sportrait-web.com, 01 Jan 2019; kahoku.co.jp 14 May 2019)
Impairment
He sustained spinal cord injuries after a motorbike accident in 2003. (Athlete, 05 Sep 2016; jaafd.org, 20 Aug 2012; kanpara.com, 06 Feb 2015)
Results
Unit | Date | Rank |
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Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's 800 m T54 | Heat 2 | 2011-01-22 | 5 | |
Men's Marathon T53/54 | Final | 2011-01-30 | 14 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's 800 m T54 | Heat 1 | 2012-09-05 | 6 | |
Men's Marathon T54 | Final Round | 2012-09-09 | 13 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's 800 m T54 | Semifinal 2 | 2013-07-22 | 4 | |
Men's 800 m T54 | Final 1 | 2013-07-22 | 7 | |
Men's 5000 m T54 | Semifinal 2 | 2013-07-23 | 4 | |
Men's 5000 m T54 | Final 1 | 2013-07-24 | 2 | |
Men's 1500 m T54 | Semifinal 1 | 2013-07-25 | 7 | |
Men's 1500 m T54 | Final 1 | 2013-07-26 | 3 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's 1500 m T54 | Heat 3 | 2015-10-23 | 5 | |
Men's 1500 m T54 | Final 1 | 2015-10-24 | 7 | |
Men's 5000 m T54 | Heat 1 | 2015-10-25 | 4 | |
Men's 5000 m T54 | Final 1 | 2015-10-26 | 5 | |
Men's 800 m T54 | Heat 1 | 2015-10-28 | 3 | |
Men's 800 m T54 | Semifinal 1 | 2015-10-29 | 9 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's 5000 m T54 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-09 | 4 | |
Men's 5000 m T54 | Final Round | 2016-09-11 | 4 | |
Men's 1500 m T54 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-12 | 2 | |
Men's 1500 m T54 | Final Round | 2016-09-13 | 8 | |
Men's 800 m T54 | Heat 3 | 2016-09-14 | 4 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's 1500 m T54 | Heat 3 | 2017-07-16 | 11 | |
Men's 800 m T54 | Heat 2 | 2017-07-17 | 16 | |
Men's 5000 m T54 | Heat 2 | 2017-07-22 | 5 | |
Men's 5000 m T54 | Final 1 | 2017-07-23 | 7 |