Given the question: Facts: - weight: 84 kg lb 0 on - height: 1.78 0 on - style: freestyle greco-roman - birth date: 7 april 1971 - fullname: hidekazu yokoyama - name: hidekazu yokoyama - coach: katsuhiko saito - club: akita commercial high school - birth place: akita , akita , japan Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of hidekazu yokoyama .
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when japan hosted the 1994 asian games in hiroshima , yokoyama enchanted the home crowd inside higashi stadium by defeating south korea 's yang hyun-mo for a bronze medal in the 82-kg division .the following year , he placed eleventh at the world championships , and then rounded out the fourth spot in the same class at the 1996 asian wrestling championships in hangzhou , china .yokoyama entered the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta on his major debut in the men 's 82 kg class .he pinned romania 's nicolae ghita in his opening bout , but suffered a stunning 4 -- 2 upset from his rival yang hyun-mo in the second round .yokoyama lost a chance to dismantle turkey 's sabahattin Ozturk for a victory in the third round repechage 1 -- 7 , dropping him to eleventh spot .shortly after the games , yokoyama turned his focus to greco-roman wrestling , and proved particularly successful with a bronze medal effort in the same category at the 1998 asian games in bangkok , thailand , outclassing iran 's behrouz jamshidi in the process .he also sought his bid to compete for the 2000 summer olympics in sydney , but missed a spot from the olympic tournament .yokoyama made his early retirement in 2000 , but came back from the sport three years later to further concentrate on his freestyle wrestling career .eight years after his first olympics , yokoyama qualified for his second japanese squad , as a 33-year-old veteran , in the men 's 84 kg class at the 2004 summer olympics in athens .earlier in the process , he guaranteed a spot on the japanese team by placing second from the olympic qualification tournament in bratislava , slovakia .he lost his opening match 1 -- 5 to iran 's majid khodaei , but bounced back to hold india 's anuj kumar down the mat with 8 -- 11 decision to close the prelim pool .finishing second in the pool and tenth overall , yokoyama failed to advance further into the quarterfinals .