Birth Date：May 3rd 1978
Height：170cm
Weight：66kg
Birth Place：Hiroshima
Official website:http;//www.tamesue.jp/
Sponsors：NIKE Japan Inc.

First Japanese ever to win 2 medals in a track event at the world championships. Known as “the little (but) grand hurdler”, Tamesue is ranked 5th in the world. Tamesue with his height -170cm, which would not be described as advantageous, competes with the world’s top athletes on equal terms by using his unique techniques and extraordinary physical coordination.

At the 2001 Edmond World Championships, a bronze in the men’s 400 m hurdles made Tamesue the first Japanese medalist ever in a short distance track event at this level of competition. In 2003 he left his comfortable life of corporate supported athlete and became a truly professional athlete, supporting himself with sponsorship and race earnings.

At 2004’s Athens Olympic Games, Tamesue only was able (which is still extraordinary for a Japanese track and field athlete) to reach the semifinals, but at the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, he achieved the bronze medal for the second time. With his top class ability and intellect, Tamesue attracts public attention and is one of most popular Japanese athletes that could possibly win in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

■Records in recent meets
2001　World Championships	400ｍ Hurdles/3rd
2003　World Championships	400m Hurdles/semifinal
2004　Olympic Games	400mHurdles/semifinal
2005 Japan Games	400mHurdles/1st
2005　World Championships	400ｍ Hurdles/3rd

■IAAF Ranking (2005)
400mHurdles	3th（own best record）

■Publication
2002.5〜	The Mainichi Newspapers 『Tamesue Dai No Hurdler Shinkaron』
2006.8〜2007.4	『Dai Tamesue "SAMURAI" Toshido』Yahoo!Finance
2006.7.25	『Investmenｔ Hurdler』(Kodansha)
2007.5〜8	『Tamesue Dai Hurdler Samurai Spirits 』
2006.5.17	『Nihonjinnoashiwo Hayakusuru』(Shinchosha)