 Complete the following phrase:  He did not qualify for the 1984 Summer Olympics and his next international outings were in 1985. At the 1985 Asian Athletics Championships he became the third Japanese man to lift the steeplechase title, finishing half a second ahead of Taiwans defending champion Hwang Wen-Cheng to match the feat of Takaharu Koyama and Masanari Shintaku. This earned him the honour of being Asias representative in the event at the 