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akira -rrb- , japan , 3 november 2003 masuda presiding at ko ryu jiai -lrb- tournament kanazawa , ishikawa prefecture , japan 85.5 kg lb st on masutatsu oyama kyokushin karate 193px 1.77 0 22 may 1962 japan shihan.jpg akira masuda
 akira masuda
akira masuda

he was born in 1962 in kanazawa , ishikawa prefecture , japan .
in junior high school he was captain of the school judo club .
when he was 16 years old he joined kyokushin kaikan ishikawa dojo .
at 19 years old he made his debut in his first all japan tournament .
he remained a top athlete in kyokushin all japan tournaments , going on to beat michel wedel , gerard gordeau and michael thompson .
he fought and lost to andy hug however hug was unable to walk after the fight .
in 1990 he won a gold medal in the 22nd all japan kyokushin tournament .
and in 1991 he placed second in the 5th world karate tournament .
he is the shihan of kyokushin kaikan masuda dojo .
in 2007 masuda published the book `` freestyle karate '' and in 2009 he published `` masuda akira - go , budojin toshite ikiru '' .
