Takanobu Otsubo

Education

He finished seventeenth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition.

Career

He is a policeman from the Osaka Prefectural Police, and often referred to as the fastest running policeman in Japan.

Achievements

• His personal best time is 1:01:55 hours, achieved in March 2005 in Yamaguchi. In the 10,000 metres his personal best time is 28:14.92 minutes, achieved in November 2005 in Hachiōji.