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Justin McCurry in Hiroshima

‘I’m 100% natural’: how Japan’s 90-year-old bodybuilder is still winning titles

Bodybuilder Toshisuke Kanazawa, 90, in a tanning booth at his gym in Hiroshima
Bodybuilder Toshisuke Kanazawa, 90, in a tanning booth at his gym in Hiroshima. ‘Older Japanese people are doing incredible things.’ Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

Toshisuke Kanazawa is reminiscing about his long and illustrious career when he pauses and makes an unusual offer: “Shall I take my top off now?”

He strips to the waist to reveal a smooth, bronzed upper body, pecs that most men can only dream of, and cable-like veins extending the length of his arms – the result of countless hours in the gym.

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