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}} was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. ==Biography== Sakai was born on the day of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. He was chosen for the role to symbolize Japan's postwar reconstruction and peace. At the time he was a member of Waseda University's running club. The nineteen-year-old was coached in the ceremonial duty by Teruji Kogake, a triple jump world record-holder turned coach.〔(No.2 Teruji Kogake (President of the Tokyo Athletic Association) ). Tokyo 2016 website〕 He never actually competed in the Olympics. After the Olympic games, he won a gold medal in the 4×400 m relay and a silver in the 400 m at the 1966 Asian Games. He joined Fuji Television in 1968 as a journalist and worked mainly in the fields of news and sports. He died of cerebral bleeding in Tokyo on September 10, 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yoshinori Sakai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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