KOKUBO Kanta

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
8	Long Jump - T20	2019	Dubai, UAE	6.49
Asian Para Games
2	Long Jump - T20	2018	Jakarta, INA	6.79

Surfing the internet, listening to music. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)

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Katsumikai [Fukaya, JPN]

Shintaro Higuchi [personal], JPN, from 2015

2018 for Japan (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)

He took up the sport in grade seven of school. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019; mainichi.jp, 07 Jul 2019)

He liked running so he joined the athletics team. He had initially competed in 200m, but switched to long jump to compete at the Paralympic Games. (pref.saitama.lg.jp, 12 Nov 2016; Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (parasapo.tokyo, 07 Aug 2018)

Setting a national record in long jump at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)

Malaysian Para long jumper Abdul Latif Romly. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)

Coach Shintaro Higuchi. (mainichi.jp, 07 Jul 2019)

In 2016 and 2019 he received the Fukaya City Sports Honorary Award in Japan. (mykoho.jp, 01 May 2017; Kanta Kokubo Supporters Club Facebook page, 27 Mar 2020)

In 2018 he was given the Saitama Prefecture Sports Award in Japan. (Kokubo Kanta Support Facebook page, 10 Mar 2019)