Career
Terauchi had represented Japan in four Olympic games (1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, 2004 in Athens, and 2008 in Beijing). He reached into the finals for all of his respective events, but never captured a single. Terauchi retired temporarily in 2009, and worked as an employee for sports manufacturing company Mizuno.
A year later, he resumed training to set sighs for his fifth Olympics, and made his comeback by placing second at a domestic meet.
In 2012, Terauchi had received a qualifying berth at the FINA Diving World Cup, but Japan Swimming Federation decided not to send him to London for the Summer Olympics, despite that he was not able to perform well against the world"s top divers. Terauchi is a graduate of clinical psychology at Koshien University in Takarazuka, Hyōgo.