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Masahiro Akimoto (秋元 正博 Akimoto Masahiro) (b. September 3 1956 in Sapporo Hokkaidō) is a former Japanese ski jumper. He competed from 1980 to 1986. He finished fourth in the individual large hill event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid New York. Akimoto’s best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the team large hill events at Seefeld Austria in 1985. He earned a total of four World Cup victories from 1980 to 1985.