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90-Year-Old Japanese Bodybuilder Defies Age with Vegetarian Diet, Wins 19th Title
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Moneycontrol•22-09-2026, 11:30
90-Year-Old Japanese Bodybuilder Defies Age with Vegetarian Diet, Wins 19th Title
- •Toshisuke Kanazawa, 90, recently won his 19th national title at the All Japan Masters Fitness Championships in the 85-and-over category.
- •He attributes his muscular physique, high energy, and youthfulness to a strict vegetarian lifestyle, having avoided meat and fish since age 50.
- •Kanazawa's daily diet includes brown rice, natto, miso soup, fermented beans, eggs, and protein shakes, alongside abstaining from smoking and drinking.
- •He aims to live until 130 and compete in the 60-and-over World Championships, inspired by his late wife and hoping to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- •Kanazawa, a two-time "Mister Japan" in his youth, seeks to inspire others to live healthily into old age.
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Toshisuke Kanazawa recently secured his 19th national title by winning the 85-and-over category at the All Japan Masters Fitness Championships.
Kanazawa follows a strict vegetarian lifestyle, avoiding meat and fish since turning 50. His daily meals include brown rice, natto, miso soup, and protein shakes three times a day.
Kanazawa has a personal goal to live until 130 and aims to keep competing, with his sights set on the 60-and-over World Championships.
