Koichi Nakano

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Koichi Nakano

Koichi Nakano (2018)
Personal information
Full name	Koichi Nakano
Born	(1955-11-14) November 14, 1955 (age 69) Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Japan UCI Track World Championships 1977 San Cristóbal Sprint 1978 Munich Sprint 1979 Amsterdam Sprint 1980 Besançon Sprint 1981 Brno Sprint 1982 Leicester Sprint 1983 Zürich Sprint 1984 Barcelona Sprint 1985 Bassano del Grappa Sprint 1986 Colorado Springs Sprint

Koichi Nakano (中野 浩一, Nakano Kōichi) (born November 14, 1955, in Kurume, Fukuoka) of Japan is a former professional track cyclist and ten-consecutive-time world champion in track cycling sprint.

He is among the best track sprinters of modern times. From 1977 to 1986, he won an unprecedented 10 consecutive gold medals in professional sprint events at the UCI Track World Championships.

He was one of the most successful competitors of all-time on the Japanese professional keirin circuit.

Nakano Kōichi Kanshū: Keirin Ō

Nakano Kōichi Kanshū: Keirin Ō
Developer(s)	C-Lab[2]
Publisher(s)	Coconuts Japan[1]
Platform(s)	Super Famicom[1]
Release	JP: November 18, 1994[1]
Genre(s)	Sports[1]
Mode(s)	Single-player[2]

King Keirin ( 競輪王 ) is a track cycling racing simulation game endorsed by Koichi Nakano, originally created by Coconuts Japan Entertainment ( ココナッツジャパンエンターテイメント), and released by Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994.

Nakano Kōichi Kanshū: Keirin Ō (中野浩一監修 競輪王)^[3] is a cycling video game that allows the player to control the daily life of a professional cycling athlete.

As the title says, it was supervised by Kōichi Nakano.

The player must make daily life decisions while training for the next event. The game starts on April 1, 1994, with a 20-year-old rider. However, he will advance in years as the player progresses in his career and partakes in the events of the cycling season. Players can earn up to 1,000,000,000 yen ($11,068,367.11 in American dollars) and give their rider a name in either hiragana or katakana.

In the actual competition, the player must watch himself try to beat eight other cyclists for the race win. Nine cyclists race against each other in a velodrome and they compete for money and a championship. It is unknown whether the game makes the player retire at 45 years of age like in most modern titles or not. Riders are not always traveling at full speed or at a specific radius; making a balance between aggressive riding and passive riding a must.

• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint

• Koichi Nakano at Cycling Archives (archived)