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Nobuharu Asahara

1972 - Today

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Nobuharu Asahara (朝原 宣治, Asahara Nobuharu; born 21 June 1972 in Kita-ku, Kobe) is a former Japanese athlete who specialized in the 100 meters and long jump. He won the 100 m at the Japanese national championship on five occasions in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and he took part in the Olympics four times in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. He represented Japan six times at the World Championships in Athletics. At global-level championships, he reached the semifinals five times: at the 1996 Olympics and the World Championships in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Nobuharu Asahara is the 4,510th most popular athlete (down from 3,944th in 2024), the 3,635th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,731st in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nobuharu Asahara ranks 4,510 out of 6,025. Before him are Wu Yu, Jarosław Rodzewicz, Semen Novikov, Robert Marland, Rens Blom, and Nicole Ramalalanirina. After him are Xu Lili, Pang Wei, Zhang Xiangxiang, Mads Rasmussen, Inga Abitova, and Diego Romero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Nobuharu Asahara ranks 1,172. Before him are Masahiro Shimmyo, Todd Lowe, Boris Mironov, Brooke Rollins, Shane Kelly, and Nicole Ramalalanirina. After him are Danny Stam, Tapan Kumar Pradhan, Tamara Gee, Ian Goodison, Hwang Ok-sil, and Zhuang Yong.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nobuharu Asahara ranks 3,642 out of 6,245. Before him are Hitomi Obara (1981), Kazuko Hironaka (1950), Kazuaki Yoshinaga (1968), Daisuke Tomita (1977), Aya Sameshima (1987), and Shin Asahina (1976). After him are Ippei Watanabe (1969), Mizuho Sakaguchi (1987), Takehiro Hayashi (1976), Tetsuro Uki (1971), Yusaku Ueno (1973), and Nozomu Kato (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Nobuharu Asahara ranks 52. Before him are Yukinori Miyabe (1968), Masato (1979), Yoko Tanabe (1966), Mizuki Noguchi (1978), Sergio Fernández (null), and Kōichi Morishita (1967). After him are Yumiko Shige (1965), Kaori Matsumoto (1987), Junko Asari (1969), Masashi Ebinuma (1990), Miya Tachibana (1974), and Takaharu Furukawa (1984).

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