Matsubara Takaomi

Born in Tokyo in 1967. After graduating from Waseda University, edited Sports Graphic Number magazine for 10 years before going freelance. Matsubara’s sports journalism has an Olympic focus, and he has attended every Summer Games since Athens in 2004 and every Winter Games since Salt Lake City in 2002. Publications include Kōreisha wa shakai shigen da (Senior Citizens as a Social Resource), Furaingu gāruzū: Takanashi Sara to joshi janpu no chōsen (Flying Girls: Takanashi Sara and Women’s Ski Jumping), and Medarisuto ni manabu zenjin mitō no kekka o dasu chikara (Learning from Medalists: The Ability to Achieve the Unprecedented).