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In 2005 he was the Japanese Under-23 National Time Trial and Road Race Champion. He has also won the [[Japanese National Road Race Championships]] twice, in 2007 and 2013.
In 2009 he was selected by his team to ride the [[2009 Tour de France|Tour de France]].<ref>[http://www.bicycle.net/2009/arashiro-flies-flag-for-japan-in-tour-de-france Arashiro Flies Flag For Japan in Tour de France]</ref> Along with [[Fumiyuki Beppu]], he was the first Japanese national to complete that race, as on prior occasions [[Kisso Kawamuro]] and [[Daisuke Imanaka]] had started, but not finished, the race.<ref>{{cite web|last=Quénet|first=Jean-François|title=Tour de France likely for two Japanese riders|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-likely-for-two-japanese-riders|work=Cyclingnews|accessdate=16 May 2012}}</ref> By finishing the [[2010 Giro d'Italia]], he became the first Japanese person to finish two [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclowired.jp/?q=node/33745|title=Arashiro Yukiya ga Jiro de Itaria sōgō 93-i kansō|last=Ayano|first=Makoto|date=31 May 2010|work=Cyclowired|language=Japanese|accessdate=31 May 2010}}</ref> He completed his third [[2012 Tour de France|Tour de France]] in 2012 in 84th place—the highest placing of a Japanese person at that time<ref>{{cite web|title=Arashiro Yukiya rēsu-go intabyū|url=http://www.cyclowired.jp/?q=node/88707|work=Cyclowired|accessdate=28 July 2012}}</ref>—and earned the most combative award on Stage 4.<ref>{{cite web|last=Benson|first=Daniel|title=Greipel wins Tour de France stage in Rouen|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-4/results|work=CyclingNews.com|accessdate=28 July 2012}}</ref> His highest Grand Tour finish is 65th which he achieved in the Tour as well as the Giro and of the twelve Grand Tours that he has entered he completed all of them.
He participated in the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|men's road race]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and finished in 48th place.<ref name=London>{{cite web|title=Men's Road Race|url=http://www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/men-road-race/index.html|work=London 2012|accessdate=9 August 2012}}</ref> A few weeks after the Olympics, he became the first Japanese to win a race categorized as HC by the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]], the [[Tour du Limousin]] of the [[Palais des Sports de Beaublanc]] in [[Limoges]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Tsuji|first=Kei|title=Nihonjin hatsu no chōkyū kategorī rēsu seiha|url=http://www.cyclowired.jp/?q=node/89862|work=Cyclowired|accessdate=18 August 2012}}</ref> Competing in the [[2015 Vuelta a España]],<ref name="Vuelta">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjYwNzQ= |title=Vuelta a España 2015 |accessdate=21 August 2015 |work=Cycling Fever}}</ref> he became the first Japanese person to finish the three [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]].<ref name=Iijima>{{cite web|last1=Iijima|first1=Miwa|title=新城幸也が日本人初のグランツール3大会完走|url=http://cyclist.sanspo.com/204915|website=Cyclist Sanspo|accessdate=14 September 2015|language=Japanese}}</ref>
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