Tomoyuki Kawabata

Keirin racing isn't exactly the sport that comes to mind when you think "glamour athlete," but honestly that's kind of what makes Tomoyuki Kawabata interesting to me. Growing up in Kotoura, Tottori, then going through an industrial high school and deciding that a bicycle was going to be his whole career takes a certain kind of stubborn conviction. And keirin is deceptively cerebral; it's not just about who has the biggest engine, it's about track positioning, reading your rivals, knowing exactly when to make your move. A world championship silver in the keirin in 2018 shows how far that conviction took him, and there's something genuinely cool about that.

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Tomoyuki Kawabata (born February 7, 1985) is a Japanese track cyclist and professional keirin racer from Kotoura, Tottori Prefecture. After Kurayoshi Technical High School he won national titles in the sprint events before entering the Japan Keirin School, and he won a bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2014 Asian Games and a silver medal in the keirin at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Name (English)

Tomoyuki Kawabata

Name (Japanese)

河端朋之

Reading

かわばた ともゆき

Born

February 7, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Kotaura, Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Height

170cm

Occupation

Cyclist / Keirin Racer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox

High school

Tottori Prefectural Kurayoshi Technical High School

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E7%AB%AF%E6%9C%8B%E4%B9%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11554070

Tags

• From Tottori Prefecture
• Cyclist
• Keirin Racer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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