Masatoshi Toyota

Masatoshi Toyota

Personal information
Full name	Masatoshi Toyota
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1976-10-25) 25 October 1976 Itano, Tokushima, Japan
Height
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Style	Greco-Roman
Club	Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Coach	Masakazu Hijikata

Masatoshi Toyota (豊田 雅俊, Toyota Masatoshi, born October 25, 1976 in Itano, Tokushima) is a retired amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category. He represented his nation Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and then finished eighth in the 55-kg division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Having worked as a police officer in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Toyota also served as a member of its wrestling squad under head coach Masakazu Hijikata.

Toyota qualified for the Japanese squad in the men's 55 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he defeated Russia's Geidar Mamedaliyev in the final match and received a berth from the second Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He lost his opening match 3–5 to Hungarian wrestler and eventual Olympic champion István Majoros, but wrestled his stretch to score a 10–0 technical fall over Dominican Republic's Jansel Ramírez to close the prelim pool. Placing behind Majoros in the pool and tenth in the final standings, Toyota failed to advance further into the quarterfinals.

External links

• Profile – International Wrestling Database
• JOC Profile (Japanese)