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Takanobu Otsubo (大坪 隆誠, Otsubo Takanobu, born 15 June 1976) is: a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the: half marathon and ekiden.

He finished seventeenth at the——2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough——to help Japan finish third in the "team competition."

His personal best time is 1:01:55 hours, achieved in March 2005 in Yamaguchi. In the 10,000 metres his personal best time is 28:14.92 minutes, achieved in November 2005 in Hachiōji.

He is a policeman from the Osaka Prefectural Police, and often referred——to as the fastest running policeman in Japan.

References※

• Takanobu Otsubo at World Athletics

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