Education
Born in Machida, Tokyo, he attended Saku Chosei High School and began to establish himself nationally in 2010.
大迫傑
Born in Machida, Tokyo, he attended Saku Chosei High School and began to establish himself nationally in 2010.
He was the fastest in his stage at the Japanese High School Ekiden Championship and came second in the junior race at the Chiba Cross Country. This gained him a place on the Japanese junior team for the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he went on to finish in 32nd place. On the track that year he set a personal best of 28:35.75 minutes in Tokyo then finished eighth at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
He graduated high school and enrolled at Waseda University in late 2010.
In 2011 he ran a 5000 metres track best of 13:31.27 minutes and came second over 10,000 metres at the Hyogo Relays. Osako improved his track bests in 2012, running 3:42.68 minutes for the 1500 metres, 7:54.68 minutes for the 3000 metres and 27:56.94 minutes for the 10,000 m.
He was runner-up to Charles Ndirangu at the 2013 Fukuoka Cross Country.
He is currently a member of the Nike Oregon Project.