JAPANESE GUYS TAKING GROUP BATH

Olympic 2012 - Masashi Ebinuma

Name : Masashi Ebinuma
Country : Japan
Date Of Birth : February 15, 1990
Height : 170cm
Profession : National Judoka
Men's 66kg

He took up judo when he was 5, following his 2 elder brothers who had taken up the sport earlier. He has won numerous titles, the most coveted one being the gold medal at the 2011 World Championship in Paris. At the 2012 London Olympic, he was initially unfairly knocked by a South Korean participant in the quarterfinal but after angry protest by Japanese officials, the result was later reversed. He ended up winning a bronze medal after he was defeated by the eventual gold medalist, a Georgian judoka

Japan Formula 1 Driver

Name : Takuma Sato
Country : Japan
Date Of Birth : January 28, 1977
Height : 5'3"

Takuma started racing at 19, having first raced bicycles to a high level. He took lessons at the Honda racing school at the Suzuka track, there winning an F3 drive in Japan. But Takuma was part of a new generation of Japanese drivers who knew that if they were to succeed in F1, they would have to do as the other F1 drivers did, by learning how to race in Europe by taking part in the lower European series. Takuma raced in Formula Vauxhaul and Formula Opel in 1998 in England. He won races the following two years in higher levels of racing. But in 2001 he won the British F3 series with 12 victories.

Asian Games - Irie Ryosuke

Name : Irie Ryosuke
Country : Japan
Date Of Birth : January 24, 1990
Height : 177cm

At the ongoing 2010 Asian Games, he won gold in the Men's 4x100 medley, 100m & 200m backstroke and silver in 50m backstroke.