Keisei Kawahara

History

Para swimmer/TikToker Born in 1997, he was injured in a motorcycle accident in January 2019, resulting in an amputation below his right knee. He started para-swimming less than half a year after the surgery and attracted a lot of attention when he broke the Japanese records in the 400m freestyle and 100m breaststroke. His hobbies include fashion, skateboarding, and snowboarding. Most recently, he competed in the 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, and 100m breaststroke at the 2022 Para Swimming World Championships in Berlin. He has broken Asian records in the 400m individual medley and 800m freestyle.

Movies

Samurai Swordfish
Samurai Swordfish
Edo, 1863. Aisuke Kajiki, a young blind swordsman, is entrusted the son of his best friend Toramaru Sakakibara, who is about to join the Shogun's Samurai Unit and promises to train him well. However, after Toramaru's death in battle, Eisuke drowns in a river and is transported in time to present-day Tokyo. Eisuke and his descendant, Ryusei, a college student, go to meet Toramaru's descendant, Taiga, a swimmer. The blind samurai's promise to his best friend in Edo is fulfilled 160 years later in present-day Tokyo through para-swimming.