KARASAWA Kenya

Date of Birth: 3 Jul 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T11

Place of birth: SHIBUKAWA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 1500m - T11	4
	Men's 5000m - T11	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 5000m - T11 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 1500m - T11 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 1500m - T11 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
3	5000m - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	15:48.21
6	1500m - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	4:17.72
Asian Para Games
1	5000m - T11	2018	Jakarta, INA	16:17.65
3	1500m - T11	2018	Jakarta, INA	4:23.24

Gunma Prefectural Braille Library [Maebashi, JPN]

Kazuaki Hoshino [personal], JPN, from 2016

2018 for Japan, Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia (hochi.news, 06 Oct 2018; nikkansports.com, 01 Sep 2018)

He took up the sport while he was in middle school, and began to compete in 2016. (fun-run.tokyo, 03 Aug 2018; karadanochizucho.info, 10 Mar 2017)

He first aimed to compete at elite level after he was inspired by Japanese athletes with vision impairments at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (ab.jcci.or.jp, 19 Sep 2020)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (tbs.co.jp, 18 Jan 2021)

Eriko Seino, who founded his supporters' club 'Karakenkai' in Japan. (Karakenkai's Facebook page, 21 Mar 2021; tbs.co.jp, 18 Jan 2021)

He carried the Olympic torch in Shibukawa, Japan, during the torch relay ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (gtv.co.jp, 31 Mar 2021; sports.nhk.or.jp, 31 Mar 2021)

In 2018 he was named an Excellent Athlete by the Maebashi Sports Association in Japan. (maebashi-taikyo.jp, 18 Mar 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T11, F11 (IPC, 10 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (jaafd.org, 02 Sep 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (karadanochizucho.info, 10 Mar 2017)

Impairment Details
He had low vision at birth after sustaining a retinal detachment. He lost his vision completely at age ten in grade four of primary school. (karadanochizucho.info, 10 Mar 2017; bs-asahi.co.jp, 27 Feb 2021; tbs.co.jp, 18 Jan 2021)

Guide
Kazuaki Hoshino, Hiroaki Moteki (news.livedoor.com, 29 Jun 2020; Kazuaki Hoshino Facebook profiel, 25 Nov 2020; parasapo.tokyo, Aug 2020)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He is a certified massage practitioner and acupuncturist in Japan. (kokugakuin.ac.jp, 14 Nov 2019)

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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