Kenji Narisako

Kenji Narisako

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	25 July 1984 (1984-07-25) (age 40) Saiki, Ōita, Japan
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	400m Hurdles
University team	University of Tsukuba
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 46.02 (Okayama 2005) 400 m Hurdles: 47.93 (Yokohama 2006)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Japan Asian Games 2006 Doha 400 m Hurdles Asian Championships 2009 Guangzhou 400 m Hurdles 2009 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay Universiade 2005 İzmir 400 m Hurdles 2005 İzmir 4×400 m relay World Youth Championships 2001 Debrecen 400 m Hurdles

Kenji Narisako (成迫 健児, Narisako Kenji) (born 25 July 1984) is a Japanese hurdler.

He won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, and the gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade and the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007 and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.

His personal best time is 47.93 seconds, achieved in May 2006 in Osaka.

Personal bests

Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
400 m	46.02 s	Okayama, Japan	26 October 2005
400 m hurdles	47.93 s	Yokohama, Japan	6 May 2006	Japan's 2nd-fastest time

Records

• 4 × 100 m relay
  • Former Japanese youth best holder - 40.14 s (relay leg: 4th) (Debrecen, 15 July 2001)^[a]
• 4 × 400 m relay
  • Current Japanese university record holder - 3:03.20 s (relay leg: 4th) (İzmir, 20 August 2005)^[b]

^a with Masaya Aikawa, Shōta Abe, and Masami Yasuda

^b with Kazunori Ōta, Yoshihiro Horigome, and Yūki Yamaguchi

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	3rd	400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	52.09
			5th	Medley relay	1:52.60 (relay leg: 4th)
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	31st (h)	400 m hurdles	54.10
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.00
			– (h)	4 × 400 m relay	DQ (relay leg: 2nd)
	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	1st	400 m hurdles	48.96
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.20 (relay leg: 4th) NUR
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	400 m hurdles	48.78
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.07 (relay leg: 4th)
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th (sf)	400 m hurdles	48.44
			10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.76 (relay leg: 3rd)
2008	Olympics	Beijing, China	17th (h)	400 m hurdles	49.63
			14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.18 (relay leg: 4th)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	16th (h)	400 m hurdles	49.60
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	1st	400 m hurdles	49.22
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.13 (relay leg: 2nd)
2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	– (f)	400 m hurdles	DQ

National Championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2004	Japan Championships	Tottori, Tottori	4th	400 m hurdles	49.80
2005	Japan Championships	Tokyo	2nd	400 m hurdles	49.44
2006	Japan Championships	Kobe, Hyogo	1st	400 m hurdles	48.95
2007	Japan Championships	Osaka, Osaka	2nd	400 m hurdles	49.01
2008	Japan Championships	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	2nd	400 m hurdles	49.47
2009	Japan Championships	Hiroshima, Hiroshima	1st	400 m hurdles	49.53
2010	Japan Championships	Marugame, Kagawa, Kagawa	1st	400 m hurdles	49.01
2011	Japan Championships	Kumagaya, Saitama	19th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.35
2012	Japan Championships	Osaka, Osaka	29th (h)	400 m hurdles	56.22

External links

• Kenji Narisako at World Athletics
• Kenji Narisako at Olympedia
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kenji Narisako". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
• Kenji Narisako profile at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Kenji Narisako on Twitter