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Snowboarding: World Cup in Steamboat Springs

Japan's Hiroto Ogiwara competes en route to winning the men's big air gold at a snowboarding World Cup event in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Steamboat Springs

Japan's Hiroto Ogiwara competes en route to winning the men's big air gold at a snowboarding World Cup event in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Steamboat Springs

Japan's Hiroto Ogiwara competes en route to winning the men's big air gold at a snowboarding World Cup event in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Steamboat Springs

Japan's Hiroto Ogiwara celebrates after winning the men's big air gold at a snowboarding World Cup event in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Steamboat Springs

Japan's Hiroto Ogiwara celebrates after winning the men's big air gold at a snowboarding World Cup event in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Steamboat Springs

Japan's Hiroto Ogiwara smiles after winning the men's big air gold at a snowboarding World Cup event in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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FIS Snowboard World Cup - Beijing

Ogiwara Hiroto of Japan competes during the men's big air qualification at the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Beijing, China, December 5, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Snowboarding: X Games

Hiroto Ogiwara (R) of Japan poses after winning gold in the men's snowboard big air competition at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado, on Jan. 24, 2025, alongside silver medalist Taiga Hasegawa of Japan.

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Snowboarding: X Games

Hiroto Ogiwara of Japan reacts after landing a backside 6-1/2-revolution trick for the first time in the world in the men's snowboard big air competition at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado, on Jan. 24, 2025.

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Snowboarding: X Games

Hiroto Ogiwara of Japan poses after winning gold in the men's snowboard big air competition at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado, on Jan. 24, 2025.

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French Freestyle Skier Tess Ledeux Wins Gold - Beijing

Gold medalist Ogiwara Hiroto (C) of Japan, silver medalist Ian Matteoli (L) of Italy and bronze medalist Yang Wenlong of China celebrate during the awarding ceremony for the men's snowboard final at the 2024-2025 FIS Snowboard & Freeski Big Air World Cup in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Freestyle Skier Tess Ledeux Wins Gold - Beijing

Gold medalist Ogiwara Hiroto (C) of Japan, silver medalist Ian Matteoli (L) of Italy and bronze medalist Yang Wenlong of China pose during the awarding ceremony for the men's snowboard final at the 2024-2025 FIS Snowboard & Freeski Big Air World Cup in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Freestyle Skier Tess Ledeux Wins Gold - Beijing

Ogiwara Hiroto of Japan competes during the men's snowboard final at the 2024-2025 FIS Snowboard & Freeski Big Air World Cup in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Freestyle Skier Tess Ledeux Wins Gold - Beijing

Ogiwara Hiroto of Japan reacts during the men's snowboard final at the 2024-2025 FIS Snowboard & Freeski Big Air World Cup in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Football: Champions League

Takuya Ogiwara (R) of Dinamo Zagreb plays in a Champions League football match against Red Bull Salzburg on Oct. 23, 2024, in Salzburg, Austria.

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(SP)JAPAN-SAITAMA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-FINAL-URAWA REDS VS AL HILAL

(230506) -- SAITAMA, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iwao Ken, Ogiwara Takuya and Okubo Tomoaki (from L to R) of Urawa Reds celebrate after the final 2nd leg of 2022 AFC Champions League against Al Hilal at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan on May 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-SNOWBOARD-BIG AIR WORLD CUP-QUALIFICATION(CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ogiwara Hiroto of Japan competes during the men's snowboard big air qualification at the FIS Snowboard and Freeski Big Air World Cup at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Yanan)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-SNOWBOARD-BIG AIR WORLD CUP-QUALIFICATION(CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ogiwara Hiroto of Japan reacts during the men's snowboard big air qualification at the FIS Snowboard and Freeski Big Air World Cup at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Yanan)

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(SP)JAPAN-SAITAMA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-FINAL-URAWA REDS VS AL HILAL

(230506) -- SAITAMA, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iwao Ken, Ogiwara Takuya and Okubo Tomoaki (from L to R) of Urawa Reds celebrate after the final 2nd leg of 2022 AFC Champions League against Al Hilal at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan on May 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Women see sushi skills as their ticket abroad

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 23, 2013 in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward shows Yu Shimono, from Kumamoto Prefecture, who is currently enrolled in the Tokyo Sushi Academy's one-year course and works under Toshio Ogiwara, a chef at a restaurant affiliated with the academy.

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(2)Diet begins extra session

TOKYO, Japan - Winter Olympic gold medalist Kenji Ogiwara, who was elected to the House of Councillors in the July 11 upper house election on a Liberal Democratic Party ticket, poses before the Diet building July 30 in Tokyo as the parliament convened after the election.

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Olympic gold medalist Ogiwara set to win upper house race

NAGANO, Japan - Olympic gold medalist Kenji Ogiwara waves to supporters at a hotel in Nagano on July 11 after he seemed certain to be elected to the House of Councillors in the day's upper house election. Ogiwara led the Japanese Nordic combined skiing team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1994.

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(13)Official campaigning for upper house election starts

TOKYO, Japan - Former world Nordic combined skiing champion Kenji Ogiwara, who is running in the July 11 House of Councillors election on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket, meets voters in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on June 24.

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Former world champion Ogiwara to end skiing career

TOKYO, Japan - Former world champion Kenji Ogiwara announces the end of his 20-year skiing career at a news conference May 13 in Tokyo. Ogiwara led the Japanese Nordic combined skiing team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1994.

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Japan nordic combined team places 8th in Salt Lake Games

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Kenji Ogiwara (L) and Daito Takahashi speak to reporters after their 4-member team finished in eighth place in the nordic combined 4x5-kilometer relay at the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 17.

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Ogiwara finishes 11th in nordic combined

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Kenji Ogiwara, who dominated the nordic combined event throughout much of the 1990s, finishes 11th after the 15-kilometer cross country race at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on Feb. 10.

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Ogiwara brothers just miss out

Japan's Tsugiharu (L) and Kenji (R) Ogiwara show the strain after crossing the finish line in the Nagano Olympic men's Nordic combined, Kenji just missed out on a podium finish, placing fourth, while brother Tsugiharu was sixth.

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Norwegian Vik-tory in Nordic combined

Norway's Bjarte Engen Vik celebrates his victory in the Olympic men's Nordic combined Feb. 14 in Hakuba, central Japan. Finland's Samppa Lajunen took the silver and Valery Stolyrov of Russia the bronze. Japan's Kenji Ogiwara finished fourth.

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Japanese fans get behind Ogiwara

Japanese fans urge on home favorite Kenji Ogiwara in the Olympic men's Nordic combined event Feb. 14 in Hakuba, Central Japan. Ogiwara just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth, while Norway's Bjarte Engen Vik took gold.

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T. Ogiwara placed 3rd

Tsugiharu Ogiwara of Japan reacts with a gesture in learning that he is placed third in the ski jumping portion of the Nagano Olympics Nordic combined individual event in the central Japan city of Hakuba on Feb. 13.

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Ogiwara smiles bitter smile

Kenji Ogiwara of Japan, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the team event, smiles a bitter smile after learning that he was 15th in the first jump of the ski jumping portion of the Nagano Olympic Nordic combined individual event Feb. 13. He was eventually placed ninth and will face an uphill struggle over the demanding Snow Harp course as he makes a bid for his first Olympic medal in the individual event.

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Kenji Ogiwara delivers athletes' oath

Japan's cross-country ace Kenji Ogiwara delivers the athletes' oath at the opening ceremony of the Nagano Winter Olympics on Feb. 7.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Swimming

Kotaro Ogiwara of Japan dives off the starting block in a heat of the men's S8 100-meter freestyle at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 25, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tsugiharu Ogiwara, a former Nordic combined skier who competed for Japan in the 1998 Nagano winter Olympics, runs through a hot spring resort in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on March 31, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tsugiharu Ogiwara, a former Nordic combined skier who competed for Japan in the 1998 Nagano winter Olympics, runs through a hot spring resort in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on March 31, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Murata wins Akutagawa literary award, Ogiwara wins Naoki Prize

Hiroshi Ogiwara (L) and Sayaka Murata pose with their novels at a hotel in Tokyo on July 19, 2016, after being awarded the Naoki Prize and the Akutagawa Prize, respectively. Ogiwara, 60, won the prize for popular fiction for "Umi no Mieru Rihatsuten" (Barber Shop with View of Sea) while Murata, 36, was given the prize for up-and-coming authors for "Kombini Ningen" (Convenience Store Woman). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Murata wins Akutagawa literary award, Ogiwara wins Naoki Prize

Hiroshi Ogiwara (L) and Sayaka Murata pose with their novels at a hotel in Tokyo on July 19, 2016, after being awarded the Naoki Prize and the Akutagawa Prize, respectively. Ogiwara, 60, won the prize for popular fiction for "Umi no Mieru Rihatsuten" (Barber Shop with View of Sea) while Murata, 36, was given the prize for up-and-coming authors for "Kombini Ningen" (Convenience Store Woman). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snowboarding: Japanese national c'ships

Hiroto Ogiwara competes en route to winning the men's title at the national snowboard big air championships at Aomori Spring Ski Resort in Ajigasawa, northeastern Japan, on April 10, 2021.

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Snowboarding: Japanese national c'ships

Hiroto Ogiwara competes en route to winning the men's title at the national snowboard big air championships at Aomori Spring Ski Resort in Ajigasawa, northeastern Japan, on April 10, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs at Zenko-ji temple in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Japanese Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara, who won gold at the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, runs at Zenko-ji temple in Nagano, central Japan, on April 1, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics torch relay. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tsugiharu Ogiwara, a former Nordic combined skier who competed for Japan in the 1998 Nagano winter Olympics, runs through a hot spring resort in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on March 31, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Tsunami-hit Japan city taps home-stay tourism to move forward

Dipendra Lamichhane (C), a 27-year-old Nepalese man studying in Japan, and his school mates show flower decorations hand-made by their host mother Renko Ogiwara (2nd from L), 69, after taking part in a home-stay at her house in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 17, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ogiwara finishes 11th in nordic combined

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Kenji Ogiwara, who dominated the nordic combined event throughout much of the 1990s, finishes 11th after the 15-kilometer cross country race at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on Feb. 10.

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Japan nordic combined team places 8th in Salt Lake Games

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Kenji Ogiwara (L) and Daito Takahashi speak to reporters after their 4-member team finished in eighth place in the nordic combined 4x5-kilometer relay at the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 17.

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Olympic gold medalist Ogiwara set to win upper house race

NAGANO, Japan - Olympic gold medalist Kenji Ogiwara waves to supporters at a hotel in Nagano on July 11 after he seemed certain to be elected to the House of Councillors in the day's upper house election. Ogiwara led the Japanese Nordic combined skiing team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1994. (Kyodo)