Yoshihide Kiryu

Who is Yoshihide Kiryu?

Yoshihide Kiryu is a Japanese track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters.

Born in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, he played soccer while at elementary school and became interested in track and field at junior high school, as his brother took part in the sport. In 2011 he won the under-16 national title in the 100 m at the National Sports Festival of Japan with a run of 10.58 seconds.

The following year he ran in the under-18 category at the competition and broke the world youth best for the 100 m by bettering Tamunosiki Atorudibo's record of 10.23 by two hundredths of a second on 5 October 2012. Less than a month later, on 3 November 2012, Kiryu lowered his own record to 10.19 seconds. His time also eclipsed the Asian junior record, held by Japan's Ryota Yamagata and Kazuma Oseto.

On 29 April 2013, Kiryu ran at the Oda Memorial meet and tied the World junior record of 10.01, co-held by Darrel Brown and Jeffery Demps. The IAAF subsequently rejected the inclusion of the time as an official record due to the use of unapproved wind-speed measurement equipment on the track.