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Kosuke Kitajima's Birth Card: The 2 of Clubs
The Collaborative Builder
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict an Olympic medal.
In the record
Kosuke Kitajima (北島 康介, Kitajima Kōsuke; born September 22, 1982) is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. The birth-card coordinate for September 22 is the 2 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Kosuke Kitajima's 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for Japan across 2004 and 2008. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for Kosuke Kitajima (Q312690), not a reading of character. 2004: gold in swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre breaststroke in competitive swimming. 2004: gold in swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre breaststroke in competitive swimming. 2008: gold in swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre breaststroke in competitive swimming. 2008: gold in swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre breaststroke in competitive swimming.
- 2004 swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre breaststroke (competitive swimming)
- 2004 swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre breaststroke (competitive swimming)
- 2008 swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metre breaststroke (competitive swimming)
- 2008 swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre breaststroke (competitive swimming)
The 2 of Clubs coordinate
Kosuke Kitajima was born September 22 (1982-09-22). Month 9 and day 22 give solar value 15, which is the 2 of Clubs (The Collaborative Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1982 is unused. The 2 of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Kosuke Kitajima for Japan. Quoted system copy for the 2 of Clubs, not a biography of Kosuke Kitajima: You think best with someone else in the room, and you still leave with a position of your own. You think best with others. Ideas solidify when you talk them through. You're the debater, the collaborator, the one who makes partnerships work through communication.
Kosuke Kitajima in the public record
He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at consecutive Olympic games. Kitajima, who was born in Tokyo, was the world record holder in the 100 m breaststroke that he set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics – this mark was broken by Brenton Rickard. He was also bronze medal winner in the same Olympics in the 4×100 m medley relay. He edged out his main rival Brendan Hansen who finished fourth while Kitajima won the gold medal and set the new world record. He received four gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals in total at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics. His most significant rival in the breaststroke was the American swimmer Brendan Hansen. They dueled at events such as the 2005 World Championships, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2003 World Championships. Kitajima set both world records for 100 m and 200 m breaststroke in the latter occasion.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Kosuke Kitajima (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the Ace of Spades
A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Kosuke Kitajima, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Kosuke Kitajima's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 2♣ — Birth Card: The Collaborative Builder
- K♥ — Karma — Environment: The Compassionate King
- A♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Truth Pioneer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 6♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- Q♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
Ability to penetrate illusions and see truth
He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at consecutive Olympic games.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic.
Also on the record
- Later his best in 200 m was overcome by Dimitri Komornikov and then by Hansen, who also broke Kitajima's record in the 100 m.
- Kitajima regained the world record (58.91) in the 100 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- Kitajima regained the 200 m breaststroke world record in June 2008 at the Japan Open.
- His time of 2:07.51 shaved nearly a second off the previous record of 2:08.50 set by Hansen in 2006.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Inge de Bruijn — 6 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Duke Kahanamoku — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in surfing, competitive swimming, water polo
- Nicole Haislett — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Ma Long — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in table tennis
- Michelle Smith — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Oscar Swahn — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
- Takashi Ono — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics, gymnastics
- Charlotte Cooper — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis
- Christiane Knetsch — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in rowing
- Donovan Bailey — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in athletics
- Ernst Hoppenberg — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming, water polo
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in rowing
- 4 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Kosuke Kitajima's birth card?
- The 2 of Clubs. September 22 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Kosuke Kitajima's year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.
- Where do Kosuke Kitajima's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1982-09-22 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Kosuke Kitajima, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Wikidata CC0 (Q312690; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Kosuke Kitajima; infobox match). Birth date 1982-09-22 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.