Commissioner, Japan Sports Agency
Biography
MUROFUSHI, Koji
Birthdate
October 8th, 1974
Birthplace
Shizuoka Prefecture
Academic History
| March 1997 |
Graduated Chukyo University, Department of Sport and Physical Education |
| March 1999 |
Received Master’s Degree at Chukyo University, Graduate School of Health and Sport Sciences |
| March 2004 |
Received credits and Left Doctoral Program at Chukyo University, School of Health and Sport Sciences |
| September 2007 |
Returned to Chukyo University, Received Doctoral Degree at Graduate School of School of Health and Sport Sciences |
Work History
| April 1997 |
Joined Mizuno Corporation (until September 2016) |
| April 2009 |
Part time lecturer at Chukyo University |
| April 2010 |
Visiting Professor at Chukyo University, School of Health and Sports Sciences, Department of Sport Science |
| April 2011 |
Associate Professor at Chukyo University, School of Health and Sports Sciences, Department of Sport Science (until September 2014) |
| June 2014 |
Sports Director of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (until September 2020) |
| August 2014 |
Specially-Appointed Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University |
| October 2014 |
Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Director of the Sports Science Center (until September 2020) |
| September 2016 |
Sports Director of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (until June 2018) |
| October 2020 |
Commissioner of Japan Sports Agency |
| October 2020 |
Senior Specially-Appointed Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University（October 2024- Senior Specially-Appointed Professor at Institute of Science Tokyo） |
Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC)
| April 2011 - March 2017 |
Athletes’ Committee |
| June 2015 - September 2020 |
Executive Board member |
Japan Association of Athletics Federation
| April 2015 - September 2020 |
Executive Board member |
Positions served at Other Organizations
| September 2003 - September 2019 |
Athletes’ Commission of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) |
| April 2012 - September 2020 |
Athlete Committee member of the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) |
| January 2014 - September 2020 |
Athlete Committee member of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) |
| January 2015 - September 2020 |
Athletes’ Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) |
| January 2015 - September 2020 |
Athletes’ Commission of the Japan Olympic Committee Federation (JOC) |
| January 2015 - September 2020 |
Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) |
| April 2016 - March 2017 |
World Heritage Committee member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) |
Competition Records
［Olympic Games］
| 2000 Sydney, Australia |
9th（Track and Field / Hammer Throw） |
| 2004 Athens, Greece |
Gold Medal（Track and Field / Hammer Throw） |
| 2008 Beijing, China |
5th（Track and Field / Hammer Throw） |
| 2012 London, United Kingdom |
Bronze Medal（Track and Field / Hammer Throw） |
［World Championships in Athletics］
| 2001 Edmonton, Canada |
Silver Medal（Hammer Throw） |
| 2003 Paris, France |
Bronze Medal（Hammer Throw） |
| 2011 Daegu, South Korea |
Gold Medal（Hammer Throw） |
［Japan Athletics Championships］
| 1995 ~ 2014 |
20 consecutive national titles（Hammer Throw） |
List of Commissioners of the Japan Sports Agency in Chronological Order
| No |
Name |
Period |
| 1 |
SUZUKI, Daichi |
October 1st, 2015～September 30th, 2020 |
| 2 |
MUROFUSHI, Koji |
October 1st, 2020～Incumbent |
