was a Japanese Olympic freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. References 1934 births 1996 deaths Japanese male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1954 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese people