Birth Date: | 7 February 1943 |
Birth Place: | Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan |
Height: | 160 cm |
Weight: | 55 kg |
Sport: | Ski jumping |
Club: | Waseda University National Land Planning |
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is a retired Japanese ski jumper and Nordic combined skier. He won a silver medal in the individual large hill event at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, becoming the first Japanese ski jumper to win a medal at the world championships. He placed 20th in the Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics and 8th–18th in the large hill event at the 1968–1976 Olympics.[1]