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Akinobu Osako

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Akinobu Osako (大迫明伸, Ōsako Akinobu) (born 27 November 1960) is a retired judoka from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won a bronze medal in the men's middleweight division (‍–‍86 kg), alongside Ben Spijkers from the Netherlands. Osako was born in Nishimorokata District, Miyazaki and began judo at the age of a junior high student. He entered noble Asahi Kasei of the judo after graduation in Tenri University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Akinobu Osako is the 548th most popular wrestler (up from 570th in 2024), the 2,828th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,512th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Akinobu Osako ranks 548 out of 1,027. Before him are Kosei Akaishi, Sun Fuming, Alina Dumitru, Urška Žolnir, Khetag Gazyumov, and Tyler Breeze. After him are Hamza Yerlikaya, Juan Marén, Torrie Wilson, Tina Trstenjak, Uta Abe, and Howard Finkel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Akinobu Osako ranks 744. Before him are Gurinder Chadha, David Bateson, Marty Jannetty, William A. Dembski, Bob Mould, and Enex Jean-Charles. After him are Latifa Ibn Ziaten, Colin Pitchfork, Urszula Kielan, Glenn Anderson, Bernard Rose, and Elena Valenciano.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akinobu Osako ranks 2,833 out of 6,245. Before him are Kosei Akaishi (1965), Yoshinori Taguchi (1965), Masato Hashimoto (1989), Rina Sawayama (1990), Ryo Hasegawa (1999), Kazunari Koga (1972), Tatsuhisa Suzuki (1983), Akira Kaji (1980), Anna Tsuchiya (1984), Kazuo Shimizu (1975), and Yuki Matsuoka (1970). After him are Shusaku Nishikawa (1986).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Akinobu Osako ranks 38. Before him are Kaori Icho (1984), Saori Yoshida (1982), Shoichi Funaki (1968), Hifumi Abe (1997), Yoshi Tatsu (1977), and Kosei Akaishi (1965). After him are Uta Abe (2000), Shinichi Shinohara (1973), Kisenosato Yutaka (1986), Takashi Kobayashi (1963), Kenzo Nakamura (1973), and Tomohiro Matsunaga (1980).

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