Sport | Short Track | |
FederationID | STJPN12808199001 | |
NOC | Japan | |
Born | 28 Aug 1990 | |
Gender | Men |
Higher education | Humanities - Kanagawa University: Yokohama, JPN | |
Residence | Japan | |
Languages | Japanese | |
Occupation | Public Servant |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 41.321 | 14 Nov 2014 | Montreal | |||
1000m | 1:25.566 | 12 Dec 2015 | Shanghai | |||
1500m | 2:20.304 | 13 Dec 2015 | Shanghai |
Club / Team | Iwate Amateur Sports Association: Japan |
Hobbies | Playing the piano. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 01 Aug 2015) | |
Famous relatives | His older brother Takayuki has represented Japan in short track. He finished 20th in the overall competition at the 2014 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Oct 2015; skatingjapan.or.jp, 12 Oct 2014) | |
Awards and honours | He received an Excellence Award at the 2013 Sagamihara Sports Association Awards Ceremony in Japan. (jade.dti.ne.jp, 23 Feb 2013) |
Name of coach | Jonathan Guilmette [national], CAN | |
Reason for choosing this sport | He took up the sport after going to watch one of his older brother's training sessions. |
Most influential person in career | Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki. (Athlete, 02 Feb 2017) | |
Hero / Idol | Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki. (Athlete, 02 Feb 2017) |
When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating at age eight in Sagamihara, Japan. |
Injuries | He sprained his right ankle in 2014 and 2016. (Athlete, 02 Feb 2017) |
World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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2015/2016 | Dresden | 5000m Relay | 10 | |||
2016/2017 | Dresden | 1000m | 15 | |||
2015/2016 | Dresden | 1000m | 15 | |||
2016/2017 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1000m | 21 | |||
2016/2017 | Minsk | 1000m | 21 | |||
2016/2017 | Calgary, AB | 500m | 26 | |||
2016/2017 | Minsk | 500m | 30 | |||
2016/2017 | Dresden | 500m | 36 | |||
2016/2017 | Salt Lake City, UT | 500m | 40 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 42 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 42 | |||
2015/2016 | Dresden | 500m | 45 | |||
2016/2017 | Calgary, AB | 500m | 48 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 52 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 58 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 59 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 80 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 85 |