{"id":30078,"date":"2026-09-27T04:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T04:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=30078"},"modified":"2026-09-27T04:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T04:22:47","slug":"at-90-japanese-bodybuilder-keeps-winning-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=30078","title":{"rendered":"At 90, Japanese bodybuilder keeps winning titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Kanazawa defeated seven other men in the over-85 category at the Japan Masters Bodybuilding Championships, securing his 19th national title.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Toshisuke Kanazawa is recalling his long career when he suddenly asks: &#8220;Should I take my top off?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He strips to the waist, revealing a lean, muscular physique and prominent veins &#8211; the result of countless hours in the gym, The Guardian wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the day before winning another major competition, the Japanese bodybuilding champion turned 90.<\/p>\n<p>Kanazawa defeated seven other men in the over-85 category at the Japan Masters Bodybuilding Championships, securing his 19th national title.<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1936 in Shimane Prefecture, Kanazawa was a talented swimmer before a muscle problem ended his Olympic ambitions and pushed him toward bodybuilding.<\/p>\n<p>For five years, he trained six hours a day and lived on simple meals prepared by his mother. At 24, he won the Mr Japan title and repeated the achievement three years later.<\/p>\n<p>In 1967, he competed in the Mr Universe contest in Montreal alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and winner Sergio Oliva, finishing fourth. After turning 80, he went on to win six world masters championships.<\/p>\n<p>Kanazawa attributes his longevity to a healthy lifestyle. He has never smoked or consumed alcohol and gave up meat and fish decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>His diet now consists mainly of brown rice, furikake, natto and miso soup with raw eggs. He drinks three protein shakes a day, down from six when he was younger.<\/p>\n<p>He has adapted his training with age, giving up squats and bench presses and relying more on machines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do what is best for me and for my body at this age,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kanazawa trains for two hours a day, six days a week, at his gym in Hiroshima.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I am 100% natural,&#8221; he said, stressing that his success comes from hard work rather than performance-enhancing drugs.<\/p>\n<p>After retiring from competitive bodybuilding in his mid-30s, he returned at 50 to encourage his wife, who was suffering from a chronic illness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw how much I had let myself go after retiring and I wanted to show her that anything is possible,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Seven years later, he won his first masters championship.<\/p>\n<p>Kanazawa is part of a wider group of elderly Japanese athletes who continue to compete at a high level. Nearly 30% of Japan&#8217;s 123.7 million people are over 64, while the number of centenarians has exceeded 100,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Older Japanese people are doing incredible things, but I worry that too many of them give up the things they used to do when they were younger,&#8221; Kanazawa said.<\/p>\n<p>This month, he finished fourth in the mixed-pairs category at the Japan Open Championships alongside Asuka Miyamae, who is 39 years younger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never wanted to be like that, and that is why I do what I do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to be a bodybuilder until the day I die.&#8221; | BGNES<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgnes.com\/health\/at-90-japanese-bodybuilder-keeps-winning-titles\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanazawa defeated seven other men in the over-85 category at the Japan Masters Bodybuilding Championships, securing his 19th national title. 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