sentences:  He won the Karatsu 10-Miler in 2003.He was part of the Japanese men's team for the short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.At the 2006 Asian Games he ran in the 5000 m and came in fourth place – however, he was the best Asian-born runner in the race as all the medallists were Kenyan emigrants to Qatar and Bahrain.