Birth Date: | 24 January 1944 |
Birth Place: | Hachirogata, Akita, Japan |
Height: | 1.72m (05.64feet) |
Weight: | 56kg (123lb) |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Show-Medals: | yes |
is a retired Japanese bantamweight weightlifter. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished in third and fifth place, respectively. Between 1963 and 1965 he set three official world records – two in the snatch and one in the total.[1] [2]