is a retired male boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Japan

Japan

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. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 and 2000. After having competed in the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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 he changed weights, and fought in the bantamweight class (– 54 kg) in Sydney, Australia. There he was stopped in the second round by Cuba's eventual gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux.