Career
He trained at the Charlie Chaves Tohoku Judo Club. In the 1976 Olympic trials, where he lost to Tommy Riggs. He participated in the National Amateur Athletic Union Judo Championships the 1977 and 1978.
He trained at the Charlie Chaves Tohoku Judo Club. In the 1976 Olympic trials, where he lost to Tommy Riggs. He participated in the National Amateur Athletic Union Judo Championships the 1977 and 1978.
In the United States National Judo Championships he won a gold in 1977 and a bronze in 1979. He also won a bronze in the 1978 Pan American Judo Championships. As a junior he won the Fifth Annual Kenzo Uyeno Invitational in 1968, the Fifth Annual Massachusetts Judo competition, and the 1977 USJA Young Men"s National Championships.