FUJISHIMA Hiroki

World Championships

Year	Location	K2 200m	K4 500m	K1 4x200m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	12	-
2015	Milan, ITA	21	-	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	14	-	10

Asian Games

Year	Location	K4 500m
2018	Indonesia	4

Asian Championships

Year	Location	K2 200m	K4 500m
2017	Shanghai, CHN	2	2

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K4 500m
2021	1 x 18th
2019	2 x 7th
2018	1 x 8th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
7	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:20.469
7	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:22.406
8	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:23.086
18	2021	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:28.11

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Hiroki Watanabe

Fishing, spending time with his sons. (bgf.or.jp, 05 Nov 2019)

Athlete

Building Management - Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Wife and two sons [2014, 2019]

Japanese

Japan Self-Defence Force [JSDF] Physical Training School [Japan]

Alexandr Nikonorov [national], UKR

His brother Shiki Watanabe paddled representing Japan at junior international level. (pref.yamanashi.jp, 01 Jan 2017)

He began paddling in grade four of primary school in Kamikuishiki, Japan. (mtfuji.keizai.biz, 10 Oct 2014; asahi.com, 06 Sep 2019)

A canoe club was founded in his hometown and he was invited by a friend. (bgf.or.jp, 05 Nov 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (asahi.com, 06 Sep 2019)

His wife. (asahi.com, 30 Sep 2014)

In 2018 he received the Asaka City Excellent Athlete Award in Japan. (city.asaka.lg.jp, 01 Jun 2018)

He was presented with the Yamanashi Sports Award in 2014 in Japan. (yamanashi.jp, 10 Feb 2015)

In 2010 he was given the Kyoto Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (kyoto.lg.jp, 01 Jun 2010)