Suguru Osako, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Japanese male long-distance runner
Date of Birth: 23-May-1991
Place of Birth: Machida, Tokyo, Japan
Profession: long-distance runner, marathon runner
Nationality: Japan
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
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About Suguru Osako
- Suguru Osako (Osako Suguru, born 23 May 1991) is a Japanese long-distance runner.
- He won the 10,000 metres gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen and holds the Asian junior record for the half marathon.
- He holds the Japanese National Record for the marathon of 2:05.50 set at the 2018 Chicago Marathon, where he finished third.
- Born in Machida, Tokyo, he attended Saku Chosei High School and began to establish himself nationally in 2010.
- He was the fastest in his stage at the Japanese High School Ekiden Championship and came second in the junior race at the Chiba Cross Country.
- This gained him a place on the Japanese junior team for the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he went on to finish in 32nd place.
- On the track that year he set a personal best of 28:35.75 minutes in Tokyo then finished eighth at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
- After graduating from high school, he enrolled at Waseda University in late 2010.
- In November he ran at the Ageo City Half Marathon and set a Japanese and Asian junior record time of 1:01:47 hours to win the race.In 2011 he ran a 5000 metres track best of 13:31.27 minutes and came second over 10,000 metres at the Hyogo Relays.
- Osako was chosen to represent his country at the 2011 Summer Universiade, where he defeated Stephen Mokoka in the 10,000 m to take the gold medal, becoming the first Japanese since Yasuyuki Watanabe to win that title.
- At the start of the 2012 season he was the top Japanese finisher at the Chiba Cross Country (fourth overall) and had a narrow win at the Fukuoka Cross Country, beating Yuki Sato.
- Osako improved his track bests in 2012, running 3:42.68 minutes for the 1500 metres, 7:54.68 minutes for the 3000 metres and 27:56.94 minutes for the 10,000 m.He was runner-up to Charles Ndirangu at the 2013 Fukuoka Cross Country.He finished third in the 2018 Chicago Marathon with a national record of 2:05:50 h, earning him 100 Million Yen. He is formerly a member of the Nike Oregon Project
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