Masashi Eriguchi

Masashi Eriguchi

Eriguchi at the 2010 Japan Championship
Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	17 December 1988 (1988-12-17) (age 37) Kikuchi, Kumamoto, Japan
Education	Waseda University
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	100 metres
Retired	2018
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 10.07 (Hiroshima 2009) 200 m: 20.80 (Fukuroi 2012) 60 m: 6.73 (Hangzhou 2014)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Japan Asian Championships 2009 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay 2011 Kobe 4×100 m relay 2011 Kobe 100 m Universiade 2009 Belgrade 100 m

Masashi Eriguchi (江里口 匡史, Eriguchi Masashi; born 17 December 1988 in Kikuchi, Kumamoto) is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

He won the bronze medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade and a gold medal in relay at the 2009 Asian Championships. At the 2009 World Championships, he finished fourth in the relay. He also competed in the 100 metres. He reached the semi-final at the 2010 World Indoor Championships.

His personal best times are 6.75 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha; 10.07 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Hiroshima; and 20.88 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in October 2008 in Ōita.

He retired in 2018.

Personal bests

Event	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Competition	Venue	Date	Notes
Outdoor
100 m	10.07	+1.9	Japan Championship	Hiroshima, Japan	28 June 2009	Japan's 9th-fastest time
200 m	20.80	+1.0	Shizuoka International Meet	Fukuroi, Japan	03 MAY 2012
Indoor
60 m	6.73	n/a	Japan Junior Indoor Meet	Hangzhou, China	15 February 2014

Records

• 4 × 200 m relay
  • Former Japanese and Japanese university record holder - 1:22.67 s (relay leg: 1st) (Yokohama, 27 September 2008)^[a]

^a with Yukio Yanai, Hiroshi Kihara, and Shintarō Kimura

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	4th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.98 (relay leg: 4th)
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	100 m	10.33 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			– (h)	4 × 100 m relay	DQ (relay leg: 1st)
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	36th (qf)	100 m	10.45 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.30 (relay leg: 1st)
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	21st (h)	100 m	10.82 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.01 (relay leg: 1st)
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	21st (sf)	60 m	6.77
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	15th (sf)	100 m	10.56 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
			10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	47.14 (relay leg: 1st)
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	2nd	100 m	10.28 (wind: +1.8 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.18 (relay leg: 2nd)
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	31st (h)	100 m	10.30 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.35 (relay leg: 2nd)
2014	Asian Indoor Championships	Hangzhou, China	4th	60 m	6.73
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	9th (h)	4 × 200 m relay	1:23.87 (relay leg: 2nd)

National Championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2007	Japan Championships	Osaka, Osaka	5th	100 m	10.53 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2008	Japan Championships	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	7th	100 m	10.61 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
		Yokohama, Kanagawa	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.97 (relay leg: 1st) GR
2009	Japan Championships	Hiroshima, Hiroshima	1st	100 m	10.14 (wind: +1.9 m/s)
2010	Japan Championships	Marugame, Kagawa, Kagawa	1st	100 m	10.26 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2011	Japan Championships	Kumagaya, Saitama	1st	100 m	10.38 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2012	Japan Championships	Osaka, Osaka	1st	100 m	10.29 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2013	Japan Championships	Chōfu, Tokyo	9th (h)	100 m	10.42 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2014	Japan Championships	Fukushima, Fukushima	6th	100 m	10.37 (wind: +0.6 m/s)

External links

• Masashi Eriguchi at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Masashi Eriguchi at Olympedia
• Masashi Eriguchi at Olympics.com
• Masashi Eriguchi – London 2012 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)