(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-WRESTLING

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-WRESTLING

(240806) -- PARIS, Aug. 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Coach Sasamoto Makoto of Japan gives instructions during the wrestling men's greco-roman 60kg final match between Cao Liguo of China and Fumita Kenichiro of Japan at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 6, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Fan)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW (CN)

(230925) -- JINHUA, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sasamoto Masaki of Japan serves the ball during the Men's Team Regu Preliminary Match of Sepaktakraw between Japan and Laos at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

Winners of 2014 Best Dresser Awards on stage

Winners of 2014 Best Dresser Awards on stage

TOKYO, Japan - Winners of the 43rd Best Dresser Awards, hosted by the Men's Fashion Unity, pose on stage after receiving awards at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. The winners are (From L) Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, Kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke, script and broadcast writer Kundo Koyama, actress Rie Miyazawa, actor Ryohei Suzuki, table tennis player Ai Fukuhara and photographer Tsuneko Sasamoto.

Yamanashi native carrying out vision of wine tourism on home turf

Yamanashi native carrying out vision of wine tourism on home turf

TOKYO, Japan - Takayuki Sasamoto, in this photo taken Nov. 2 in a vineyard in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, promotes wine tourism in his native prefecture.

Ota foils his way to gold, Kawabata takes his cue

Ota foils his way to gold, Kawabata takes his cue

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Makoto Sasamoto (L) reacts after beating China's Sheng Jiang to clinch the men's Greco-Roman 60-kilogram gold medal at the Asian Games in Doha on Dec. 9.

Ota foils his way to gold, Kawabata takes his cue

Ota foils his way to gold, Kawabata takes his cue

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Makoto Sasamoto (bottom) beats China's Sheng Jiang to clinch the men's Greco-Roman 60-kilogram gold medal at the Asian Games in Doha on Dec. 9.

Sasamoto crashes out in Greco-Roman wrestling

Sasamoto crashes out in Greco-Roman wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Armen Nazarian of Bulgaria (L) and Makoto Sasamoto of Japan wrestle during their men's Greco-Roman 60kg weight category qualification match of the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 26. Nazarian defeated Sasamoto 5-3.

Sasamoto crashes out in Greco-Roman wrestling

Sasamoto crashes out in Greco-Roman wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Armen Nazarian of Bulgaria (L) and Makoto Sasamoto of Japan wrestle during their men's Greco-Roman 60kg weight category qualification match of the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 26. Nazarian defeated Sasamoto 5-3. (Kyodo)

Ota foils his way to gold, Kawabata takes his cue

Ota foils his way to gold, Kawabata takes his cue

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Makoto Sasamoto (L) reacts after beating China's Sheng Jiang to clinch the men's Greco-Roman 60-kilogram gold medal at the Asian Games in Doha on Dec. 9. (Kyodo)

Ota foils his way to gold, Kawabata takes his cue

Ota foils his way to gold, Kawabata takes his cue

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Makoto Sasamoto (bottom) beats China's Sheng Jiang to clinch the men's Greco-Roman 60-kilogram gold medal at the Asian Games in Doha on Dec. 9. (Kyodo)

Winners of 2014 Best Dresser Awards on stage

Winners of 2014 Best Dresser Awards on stage

TOKYO, Japan - Winners of the 43rd Best Dresser Awards, hosted by the Men's Fashion Unity, pose on stage after receiving awards at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. The winners are (From L) Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, Kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke, script and broadcast writer Kundo Koyama, actress Rie Miyazawa, actor Ryohei Suzuki, table tennis player Ai Fukuhara and photographer Tsuneko Sasamoto. (Kyodo)