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{{Short description|Japanese sprinter (born 1972)}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{JPN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 Asian Athletics Championships|1991 Kuala Lumpur]]|4×400 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|1998 Fukuoka]]|4×400 m}}
{{MedalSilver|1998 Fukuoka|400 m}}
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{{nihongo|'''Masayoshi Kan'''|簡 優好|Kan Masayoshi|born 25 February 1972 in [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]}} is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the [[400 metres]]. He competed at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>

He won bronze medals in [[4 × 400 metres relay]] at the [[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993]] and [[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 World Indoor Championships]]

In 1998 he won the silver medal at the [[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]], and was subsequently selected to represent Asia in 4 × 400 metres relay at the [[1998 IAAF World Cup]]. The Asian team finished sixth with teammates [[Ibrahim Ismail Faraj]], [[Sugath Tillakaratne]] and fellow Japanese [[Kenji Tabata]]. In May the same year he clocked a career best time of 45.33 seconds in [[Osaka]].

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|nation=JPN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
|rowspan=2|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Plovdiv]], [[Bulgaria]]
|26th (h)
|400m
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|48.49]]
|-
|7th
|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:07.58]]
|-
|1998
|[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|400 m
|45.64
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Japan Championships in Athletics men's 400 metres champions}}
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[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes from Chiba Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese male sprinters]]
[[Category:Olympic male sprinters]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Japan]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners]]
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]

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