Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pasinei nekukanganisa uku, Kanakuri akasarudzwa kuti atore chikamu mu1916 Summer Olympics, iyo yakabva yarambidzwa nekuda kweHondo Yenyika I. Zvisinei, Kanakuri akakwikwidza mu1920 Summer Olympics yakaitirwa muAntwerp, Belgium, kwaakapedza
nhangemutange yemarathon mumaawa maviri, maminitsi 48 nemasekonzi 45.4 uye akaiswa pachinzvimbo chechi16. Kanakuri akazotora rutivi muMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya1924, apo akakundikana kupedza nhangemutange. Kanakuri anozivikanwawo nokuda kwebasa rake mukusimbisa Hakone Ekiden relay marathon muna 1920. Kubvira muna 2004, mubayiro mukuru munhangemutange iyi wakatumidzwa zita rake.