is an athlete from Japan, who competes in archery. He placed 42nd at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he was again defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 37th overall in men's individual archery. Later he was a member of the 8th-place Japanese men's archery team. External links Olympic athlete biographies - Yuji HAMANO, Archery JPN 2004Japan Olympic Committee 1980 births Living people Japanese male archers Olympic archers of Japan Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in archery Archers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games