Japanese ice hockey player Toshiyuki Sakai spent his entire career with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Club in Yokohama, playing with them from 1988 until 2003. With the team Sakai won the Japanese Ice Hockey League title on nine occasions (1989, 1992–93, 1995, 1998–99, 2001–03). From 1987 to 2002 he was also a mainstay in the national team, playing at multiple editions of the World Championships. In 1990 he was part of the team that won silver at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo. Eight years later Sakai competed at his home Olympics in Nagano, playing in four matches during the Games.
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