Toshiya WatanabeToshiya Watanabe is a former taijiquan athlete from Japan who was a world champion.CareerWatanabe's international debut was at the 1995 World Wushu Championships where he won a silver medal in taijiquan and a bronze medal two years later at the 1997 World Wushu Championships. The same year, he won a silver medal at the 1997 East Asian Games. He then achieved another silver medal victory in men's taijiquan at the 1998 Asian Games. The following year, he won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Wushu Championships. A year later, he became the Asian champion in taijiquan and won a bronze medal in taijiquan at the 2000 Asian Wushu Championships. In 2001, he achieved a bronze medal at the 2001 East Asian Games and was a double silver medalist at the 2001 World Wushu Championships. His last competition was at the 2003 World Wushu Championships where he became world champion in taijijian.