Graduated from Morioka School for the Deaf and Sendai University. Currently, he is on an athlete employment contract and is a faculty member at his alma mater, Sendai University.
He started track and field at Hachinohe School for the Deaf Junior High School, and won first place in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay at the National School for the Deaf Track and Field Competition in his third year of high school at Morioka School for the Deaf. Starting with Sofia 2013, which he competed in while attending Sendai University, he has participated in three consecutive Deaflympics.
At the Samsung 2017 Games, he ran the anchor leg for the 4x100m relay and contributed to winning the gold medal. At the Caxias do Sul 2022 Deaflympics, he won gold medal in the 100m.
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Graduated from Morioka School for the Deaf and Sendai University. Currently, he is on an athlete employment contract and is a faculty member at his alma mater, Sendai University.
He started track and field at Hachinohe School for the Deaf Junior High School, and won first place in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay at the National School for the Deaf Track and Field Competition in his third year of high school at Morioka School for the Deaf. Starting with Sofia 2013, which he competed in while attending Sendai University, he has participated in three consecutive Deaflympics.
At the Samsung 2017 Games, he ran the anchor leg for the 4x100m relay and contributed to winning the gold medal. At the Caxias do Sul 2022 Deaflympics, he won gold medal in the 100m.
Graduated from Osaka Prefectural Shinoda Senior High School and Nihon University. Belongs to Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. from April 2021. Set a Japanese high school record in the octathlon during his third year of high school. He steadily improved his records in university, but in his third year he suffered a thoracic disc herniation injury, which put his competitive career in jeopardy. After that, he continued to compete for three years from 2020 to 2022 while undergoing treatment. In 2023, he overcame a serious injury to win his first Japan championship. He then won the Asian Championships after being selected to represent Japan, and participated in the Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships, growing to become an outstanding figure in Japan. In 2024, he won the Japan Championship consecutively and scored 8,021 points, the third highest in Japan's history. Can history be rewritten at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25? Hope rises for the Japanese decathlon athlete.
Graduated from Osaka Prefectural Shinoda Senior High School and Nihon University. Belongs to Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. from April 2021. Set a Japanese high school record in the octathlon during his third year of high school. He steadily improved his records in university, but in his third year he suffered a thoracic disc herniation injury, which put his competitive career in jeopardy. After that, he continued to compete for three years from 2020 to 2022 while undergoing treatment. In 2023, he overcame a serious injury to win his first Japan championship. He then won the Asian Championships after being selected to represent Japan, and participated in the Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships, growing to become an outstanding figure in Japan. In 2024, he won the Japan Championship consecutively and scored 8,021 points, the third highest in Japan's history. Can history be rewritten at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25? Hope rises for the Japanese decathlon athlete.