Japanese judoka (1961-2015).
Born January 2nd, 1961 in Aomori.
Died January 20th, 2015 at 54 years old in Osaka (cholangiocarcinoma). [ref]
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks