From 1977 to 1986, he won an unprecedented 10 consecutive gold medals in professional sprint events at the UCI Track World Championships.

Nakano Kōichi Kanshū: Keirin Ō King Keirin ( 競輪王 ) is a track cycling racing simulation game endorsed by Koichi Nakano, originally created by Coconuts Japan Entertainment (ココナッツジャパンエンターテイメント), and released by Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994.

However, he will advance in years as the player progresses in his career and partakes in the events of the cycling season.

Players can earn up to 1,000,000,000 yen ($11,068,367.11 in American dollars) and give their rider a name in either hiragana or katakana.

It is unknown whether the game makes the player retire at 45 years of age like in most modern titles or not.