Akinobu Murasawa

Akinobu Murasawa is the kind of athlete who makes you feel a little lazy just thinking about him. Born in Nagano in 1991 — the sort of cold, high-altitude prefecture that seems to breed runners with iron legs — he went on to Tokai University and committed seriously to track and field at a level most people never come close to. Long-distance running culture in Japan is genuinely something else: the discipline, the team training camps, the Ekiden relay races that are practically a national religion. Murasawa exists in that world, and there's something quietly impressive about someone who just puts their head down, eats the kilometers, and keeps going without making a spectacle of it. I don't have his race times memorized, but honestly, anyone who dedicates that much of their life to pushing their own physical limits earns some respect from me automatically.

Akinobu Murasawa is a Japanese track and field athlete born on March 28, 1991, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. He attended Tokai University, where he pursued competitive athletics. Details about his active period, agency, and personal life have not been made public.

Name (English)

Akinobu Murasawa

Name (Japanese)

村澤明伸

Reading

むらさわ あきのぶ

Born

March 28, 1991 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Sheep (未)

Origin

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Track and field athlete

University

Tokai University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E6%BE%A4%E6%98%8E%E4%BC%B8

Tags

• from Nagano Prefecture
• track and field athlete

Last updated

2026-06-02

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