Edward Main

That's Kenichi Ito from Japan. He's one of the fastest humans on four limbs. Kenichi held the Guinness World Record from 2015 to 2022, after covering 100 metres in a remarkable 15.71 seconds. Kenichi lives in Tokyo, where he's something of a celebrity. Now 42, he devotes much of his time to training and promoting quadrobics as a sport.

With a wiry physique and collar-length brown hair, he was dressed in a tracksuit. Despite the poor connection, Kenichi's passion for quadrobics shone through. So how did it all begin?

At the time, Kenichi was studying in the US.

However, when Kenichi moved back home, he received a very different reaction.

In an effort to escape that hostility, Kenichi headed for the countryside.

However, this almost proved fatal when a hunter mistook Kenichi for a wild boar.

Kenichi rejects claims by Russian officials that quadrobics has a negative effect on young people. And Kenichi has this message.

We passed on Kenichi's message to Maria, the teenage quadrober from Moscow.

In the last couple of months, the outcry about quadrobics appears to have quietened down a bit. A ban has yet to materialise.