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Boxing: Ex-Olympic, WBA middleweight champ Murata

File photo taken on July 12, 2019 shows Japan's Ryota Murata smiling after beating Rob Brant of the United States with a second-round technical knockout in their WBA middleweight boxing title match at Edion Arena Osaka. Murata, the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title, announced his retirement on March 28, 2023.

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Boxing: Ex-Olympic, WBA middleweight champ Murata

File photo taken on July 12, 2019 shows Japan's Ryota Murata (R) throwing a punch at Rob Brant of the United States on his way to a second-round technical knockout in their WBA middleweight boxing title match at Edion Arena Osaka. Murata, the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title, announced his retirement on March 28, 2023.

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Boxing: Ex-Olympic, WBA middleweight champ Murata

File photo taken on Aug. 11, 2012 shows Japanese boxer Ryota Murata posing for a photo with the gold medal following his victory in the men's middleweight final at the London Olympics. Murata, the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title, announced his retirement on March 28, 2023.

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Boxing: Ex-Olympic, WBA middleweight champ Murata quits

Ryota Murata, the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic and professional world championship, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 28, 2023, in which he announced his retirement.

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Boxing: Ex-Olympic, WBA middleweight champ Murata quits

Ryota Murata, the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic and professional world championship, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 28, 2023, in which he announced his retirement.

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Boxing: Ex-Olympic, WBA middleweight champ Murata quits

Ryota Murata, the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic and professional world championship, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 28, 2023, in which he announced his retirement.

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Ex-Olympic gold medalist Miyake at weightlifting masters championship

AKASHI, Japan - Yoshinobu Miyake, weightlifting gold medalist at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games, competes at the Japan Masters Championship for the first time at the age of 74 on Aug. 15, 2014, in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Ex-Olympic swimmer, TV personality Michiko Kihara dies at 59

TOKYO, Japan - Michiko Kihara (file photo), who swam for Japan at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and became a popular television personality, died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 18. Kihara assumed the post of director of the Japan Swimming Federation in 2005, coached swimming and contributed to the promotion of masters swimming.

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Japanese ex-Olympic swimming medalist trains asthmatic children

Japanese Olympic swimming medalist Satoko Takeuji (nee Tanaka, standing) coaches children with asthma in her swimming class in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2015. Takeuji, a Rome Olympic 100-meter backstroke bronze winner in 1960, was a regular world record breaker in the 200-meter event from 1958 to 1963. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Olympic champion Arakawa performs in exhibition

Former Olympic figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa performs her signature layback Ina Bauer during an exhibition in Morioka, Japan on Jan. 9, 2016. The event was held to support the Tohoku northeastern Japan region hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Olympic champ Miyake in Masters weightlifting

Two-time Olympic weightlifting gold medalist Yoshinobu Miyake competes in the All Japan Masters Championships for weightlifting in Akita Prefecture on May 14, 2015. The 75-year-old finished second in the competition in the 56-kg division for the age group 75-79. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Olympic runner Arimori joins 1st Okayama Maraton in west Japan

Two-time Olympic marathon medalist Yuko Arimori shows off a medal made by Bizen ware peculiar to Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, after completing the inaugural Okayama Marathon on No. 8, 2015. Arimori ran as a goodwill ambassador for the race, in which some 14,000 people took part. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Olympic swimmer, TV personality Michiko Kihara dies at 59

TOKYO, Japan - Michiko Kihara (file photo), who swam for Japan at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and became a popular television personality, died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 18. Kihara assumed the post of director of the Japan Swimming Federation in 2005, coached swimming and contributed to the promotion of masters swimming. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympic gold medalist Miyake at weightlifting masters championship

AKASHI, Japan - Yoshinobu Miyake, weightlifting gold medalist at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games, competes at the Japan Masters Championship for the first time at the age of 74 on Aug. 15, 2014, in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympic athletes run for relay in disaster-hit northern Japan

Retired Japanese Olympic athletes Nobuharu Asahara (far R) and Masako Chiba (2nd from R) leave the town office building in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 30, 2015, as part of a 1,000-kilometer relay event to connect places in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Starting in Aomori on July 24, the relay is due to finish in Tokyo on Aug. 7 with the participation of some 1,400 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo