Yoshihide Kiryū

Yoshihide Kiryu

Kiryu at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	15 December 1995 Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres
University team	Toyo University
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.01 (2013, 2016) 200 m: 20.41 (2013) 60 m: 6.56 (2016)
Medal record Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay World Relays 2015 Nassau 4×100 m relay World Junior Championships 2014 Oregon 4×100 m relay 2014 Oregon 100 metres

Yoshihide Kiryū (桐生 祥秀 Kiryū Yoshihide, born 15 December 1995) is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and holds Japan's second-fastest 100 metres record, with a time of 10.01 seconds.

Born in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Kiryū played soccer while at elementary school and became interested in track and field at junior high school, as his brother took part in the sport.^[2] In 2011, he won the under-16 national title in the 100 metres at the National Sports Festival of Japan, with a time of 10.58 seconds.^[3]

The following year, Kiryū ran in the under-18 category at the same competition and broke the world youth best for the 100 metres by bettering Tamunosiki Atorudibo's record of 10.23 seconds by two hundredths of a second on 5 October 2012. Less than a month later, on 3 November 2012, Kiryū lowered his own record to 10.19 seconds.^[4] His time also eclipsed the Asian junior record.

On 29 April 2013, Kiryū (still a student at Rakunan High School in Tō-ji)^[5] ran at the Oda Memorial meet and tied the World junior record of 10.01 seconds co-held by Darrel Brown and Jeffery Demps. The IAAF subsequently rejected the inclusion of the time as an official record due to the use of unapproved wind-speed measurement equipment on the track.^[6]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kiryū won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay.^[7]

Personal bests

Event	Time	Wind	Venue	Date	Notes
Outdoor
100 m	10.01 s	+0.9 m/s	Hiroshima, Japan	29 April 2013	Japan's 2nd-fastest time
		+1.8 m/s	Hiratsuka, Japan	11 June 2016
200 m	20.41 s	-0.5 m/s	Nara, Japan	15 June 2013
Indoor
60 m	6.56 s		Eugene, United States	18 March 2016	Japan's 2nd-fastest time

Records

• 100 metres
  • Former World junior best holder - 10.01 s (wind: +0.9 m/s) (Hiroshima, 29 April 2013)
  • Current World youth best holder - 10.19 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) (Fukuroi, 3 November 2012)
  • Former Asian junior record holder - 10.05 s (wind: +1.6 m/s) (Kumagaya, 17 May 2014)
  • Current Japanese university record holder - 10.01 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) (Hiratsuka, 11 June 2016)
  • Current Japanese junior and Japanese high school record holder - 10.01 s (wind: +0.9 m/s) (Hiroshima, 29 April 2013)
  • Current Japanese youth best holder - 10.19 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) (Fukuroi, 3 November 2012)
• 200 metres
  • Former Japanese high school record holder - 20.41 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) (Nara, 15 June 2013)
  • Former Japanese youth best holder - 20.70 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) (Nagoya, 21 October 2012)
• 4×100 m relay
  • Current Asian and Japanese record holder - 37.60 s (relay leg: 3rd) (Rio de Janeiro, 19 August 2016)^[a]
  • Current Japanese high school record holder - 39.64 s (relay leg: 4th) (Fukuroi, 3 November 2012)
• 60 metres (Indoor)
  • Current Japanese junior record holder - 6.59 s (Osaka, 9 February 2014)

^a with Ryōta Yamagata, Shōta Iizuka, and Asuka Cambridge

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	33rd (h)	100 m	10.31 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
			6th	4×100 m relay	38.39 (relay leg: 1st)
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	14th (sf)	60 m	6.62
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	4×100 m relay	38.40 (relay leg: 3rd)
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	3rd	100 m	10.34 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
			2nd	4×100 m relay	39.02 (relay leg: 2nd)
2015	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd	4×100 m relay	38.20 (relay leg: 3rd)
2016	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	9th (sf)	60 m	6.56 PB
	Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	29th (h)	100 m	10.23 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
			2nd	4×100 m relay	37.60 (relay leg: 3rd) AR

National championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2012	Japan Championships	Yokohama, Kanagawa	8th (h)	4×100 m relay	40.34 (relay leg: 2nd)[8]
2013	Japan Championships	Chōfu, Tokyo	2nd	100 m	10.25 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
2014	Japan Championships	Fukushima, Fukushima	1st	100 m	10.22 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2016	Japan Championships	Nagoya, Aichi	3rd	100 m	10.31 (wind: -0.3 m/s)

References

1. "Yoshihide Kiryu égale le record du monde juniors sur 100m en 10"01". Eurosport.fr (in French). April 29, 2013.
2. 桐生祥秀（京都・洛南）陸上100㍍　驚異の記録続々　練習法は？. Koukoushishinbun. Retrieved on 2013-04-30.
3. Yoshihide Kiryu. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-04-30.
4. Yoshihide Kiryu, le nouvel Usain Bolt? (French)
5. Larner, Brett (2013-04-29). High School Senior Kiryu World-Leading 10.01 to Tie 100 m Jr. WR, All-Time Japanese #2. Japan Running News. Retrieved on 2013-04-30.
6. "IAAF denies Kiryu share of junior world record". Retrieved 29 September 2014.
7. Mckirdy, Andrew (2016-08-20). "Bolt completes triple-triple with Jamaica's gold in 4×100 relay; Japan makes history by taking silver". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
8. Representing Rakunan High School

External links

• Yoshihide Kiryū profile at IAAF
• Yoshihide Kiryū profile at JAAF (Japanese)
• Yoshihide Kiryū on Twitter