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Swimmer Insight: Katsumi Nakamura

Date of Birth: February 21, 1994

Hometown: Tokyo

Club: Waseda University

Coach: Keisuke Okuno

Height: 182 cm

Weight: 74 kg

Blood type: B

Education: Musashino High School (Graduated 2012)

Target on Pan Pacific/Asian Games: “To put best performance on Pan Pacific and win a gold on the relay at Asian Games!!” International swimming competition experience:

2010 Pan Pacific Junior Championship (Hawaii)

2013 Universiade (Kazan)

2013 East Asian Games (Tainjin)

2014 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series (Perth)

Record:

2010　Pan Pacific Junior Championships 50m Freestyle 4th place/ 100m Freestyle 8th place

2010　Inter-High School Championships 50m Freestyle Won/ 100m Freestyle 4th place

2010　National Sports Festival 50m Freestyle Won

2011　Japan Open 50m Freestyle 7th place

2011　Inter-High School Championships 50m Freestyle Won/ 100m Freestyle 2nd place

2011　Youth Olympic Games 50m/100m Freestyle Won

2011　National Sports Festival 50m Freestyle Won / 100m Freestyle 2nd place

2012　Japan National Championships 50m Freestyle 8th place/100m Freestyle 7th place

2012　Japan Open 50m Freestyle 4th place

2013　Japan National Championships 50m Freestyle 4th place/100m Freestyle 8th place

2013　Japan Open 50m/100m Freestyle 4th place

2013　Universiade 100m Freestyle 6th place/400m Medley Relay 2nd place/400m Freestyle 5th place

2013　All Japan Student Championships 50m/100m Freestyle 2nd place

2013　National Sports Festival 100m Freestyle 2nd place

2013　East Asian Games 100m Freestyle 2nd place/400m Freestyle Won/400m Medley Relay Won

2014　Japan short-course National Championships 50m Freestyle 3rd place/100m Freestyle Won

2014　Japan National Championships 50m/100m Freestyle 3rd place

2014　Japan Open 50m/100m Freestyle 3rd place

Personal best:

50m Freestyle 22.30

100m Freestyle 49.04

“Awakened new hope for men’s short-distance freestyle”

During his high school time, although he won 2 consecutive race in 50m Freestyle at inter-high school championships, he was still lack of stamina to swim for 100m distance. He later joined Waseda University in 2013 where he start to gain his ability on 100m and granted him to represent Japan at the Universiade. During the last day of Universiade, final competition was a medal race on 400m Men’s Medley Relay. At one point they were overtaken by the United State team but then put on a phenomenal catch-up and won the silver medal as a result. The after-effect of the race, Nakamura start to raise his standard as he sliced the 47.95 seconds during the 400m Medley Relay at Nationals. His time were faster than Japan’s then-fastest, Shinri Shioura, and brought the victory to Tokyo. In 2014 Japan short-course National Championships, he won in 100m Freestyle section. He has now been named one of Japanese top-swimmer in short-distance freestyle and there will be a very high expectation placed.

Source: Tobiuo Japan

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World short-course Championships training camp covered by the media!

The training camp which started yesterday, is a part of the preparation for the upcoming World short-course Championships was being covered by the media today.

As many as 14 media gathered in JISS to watch the training camp and interviewing the representative athletes.

The athletes and the coaches interview was held before the training started. They were asked about their comments about the upcoming Worlds that will be held on December. This time the team it will faces a new challenge as a new head coach has been chosen for both men and women team.

Ryosuke Irie (Itoman Toshin) who is going to join the team after 2 years absent comment, “I want to face this race as a challenge since short-course is not my strong point.”

Last year bronze medalist, Kanako Watanabe (JSS Tateishi) said she is looking forward to compete with the swimmier around the world.

An aggressive comments came out from Kosuke Hagino, who keep improving his time ever since the Worlds in Istanbul. “I want to focus on the turn-technique and break the world-record in Men’s 400m Individual Medley.”. The head-coach, Norimasa Hirai, commented, “I have to admit that the athletes was lack of preparation during Asian Games. This time as a new head coach, I am trying to improve the condition, as well as the communication and the unity of the team with this training camp.”

We are looking forward to improve the team’s strength during this full-week training camp!

Source: Tobiuo Japan

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Swimmer Insight: Kanako Watanabe

Date of Birth: November 15, 1996 Hometown: Tokyo Club: JSS Tateishi Daiwa / Musashino High School (3rd year) Coach: Yoshiaki Takemura Height: 166 cm Weight: 58 kg Blood type: A Education: Musashino High School (Present) Target on Pan Pacific / Asian Games : “Qualify to the final rounds and grab a medal”

International swimming competition experience:

2011 World Junior Championships (Lima) 2011 World Cup Europe (Stockholm, Moscow, Berlin) 2011 World Cup Asia (Beijing Singapore) 2012 London Olympics 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (Istanbul) 2013 World Championships (Barcelona) 2014 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series (Perth)

Record:

2010 National Junior High School Competitions 100m breaststroke Won 2010 National Junior High School Competitions 200m breaststroke Won 2011 International Convention Dispatch Players Meeting 100m breaststroke 2nd place 2011 International Convention Dispatch Players Meeting 200m breaststroke 3rd place 2011 Japan Open 50m / 100m / 200m breaststroke Three titles 2011 World Junior Championships 100m breaststroke 2nd place 2011 World Junior Championships 200m breaststroke Won 2011 World Junior Championships 400m medley relay Won 2011 National Sports Festival of Japan B100m breaststroke Won 2011 World Cup Moscow tournament 200m breaststroke Won 2011 World Cup Berlin tournament 200m breaststroke Won 2011 World Cup Singapore tournament 200m breaststroke Won 2011 World Cup Beijing Games 200m breaststroke Won 2012 Japan Championships 200m breaststroke 2nd place 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships 200m breaststroke 3rd place 2013 Japan Championships 200m individual medley Won 2013 Japan Championships 100m breaststroke 2nd place 2014 Japan Championships 100m / 200m breaststroke / 200m individual medley three titles

Personal best:

50m breaststroke 31.83 100m breaststroke 1:06.53 (high school record) 200m breaststroke 2:21.09 (high school record) 200m Individual Medley 2:10.65 (national record)

"Three titles in Japan Championships, becoming the ace of the womens's team"

Her turning point was during the freshman year in junior high school. She used to be in charge for individual medley but switched to breaststroke after a shoulder injury forced her to make the switch. During her 2nd year of junior high school, she broke the national junior high school record in 200m breaststroke. The expectation for her begin to rise. In Japan Open 2011 she grabs all the breaststroke titles. In the same year, she won the World Junior Championship, leaving impressive track as a junior high school er by winning 4 races streak in World Cup (Asia and Europe). She became a high school student in 2012, got the ticket to London Olympics and had a valuable experiences in semi-final on the arena of Olympics. She thrived on a bigger stage in the same year by winning a bronze medal in 2012 World short-course Championship 200m breaststroke. She won her first medal in 200m individual medley at Japan Championships 2013. After gained self confidences, she won the 3 titles in 100m, 200m breaststroke and 200 m individual medley. The time for her to prove herself in the world stage is coming close.

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Those 3 are probably my favorite swimmer at the moment

I am also quite fond with Yuki Kobori, Yasuhiro Koseki, Takeshi Matsuda, Junya Koga, Shinri Shiora, Takuro Fujii,..

well, that's pretty much all of them.

of course King Kitajima as well.

Some of their profiles are pretty old but I will try to update as often as I can.

#random

Swimmer Insight : Kosuke Hagino

Date of Birth: August 15, 1994: Hometown: Tochigi Prefecture Club: Toyo University (2nd year) Coach: Norimasa Hirai Height: 177 cm Weight: 71 kg Blood type: B Education: Sakushingakuin High School High School (Graduated 2013) Target on Pan Pacific / Asian Games : “To deliver a swim in my own style ”

International swimming competition experience:

2009 Asian Age Championships (Tokyo) 2009 Asian Championships (Foshan) 2010 Pan Pacific Championships (Irvine) 2011 World Junior Championships (Lima) 2012 London Olympics 2012 World short-course Championship (Istanbul) 2013 World Championship (Barcelona)

Record:

2009 Asian Age Championships 50m backstroke Win 2009 Asian Age Championships 200m individual medley Win 2009 Asian Age Championships 400m individual medley Win 2009 Asian Championships 50m backstroke 2nd place 2009 Asian Championships 200m individual medley 2010 Japan Championship 400m individual medley 2nd place 2010 Pan Pacific Championships 200m Individual Medley 7th place 2011 World Junior Championships 200m individual medley Win 2011 World Junior Championships 200m backstroke 2nd place 2011 World Junior Championships 100m backstroke 3rd place 2011 World Junior Championships 400m individual medley 3rd place 2012 Japan Championship 200m individual medley Win 2012 Japan Championship 400m individual medley Win 2012 London Olympics 400m individual medley 3rd place 2012 London Olympics 200m individual medley 5th place 2012 World short-course Championships 400m individual medley 4th place 2013 World short-course Championship 200m individual medley 6th place 2013 Japan Championship 2013 (200,400Fr / 100Ba / 200,400IM) 5 titles 2013 World Championship 400Fr / 200IM Win 2013 World Championships 200Fr / 200Ba / 400IM 5th place 2013 World Championships 100Ba 7th place 2014 Japan Championship 2014 (200,400Fr / 200,400IM) 4 titles

Personal best:

200m individual medley 1:55.38 (national record) 400m Individual Medley 4:07.61 (Japanese record) 200m freestyle 1:45.89 400m freestyle 3:43.90 (national record) 100m backstroke 53.08 200m backstroke 1:54.23

"Multi-event swimmer who draw attention to the world"

He starts to breaking records since elementary school and the record breaking went even further in junior high school. He became Japanese representative when he was a first year high school-er in 2010 Pan Pacific Championships for 400m individual medley. A year later, he won a gold medal in 200m individual medley in World Junior Championships. On his first day on turning 17, he won a bronze medal in 400m individual medley in London Olympics. During that time Tobiuo Japan was having a medal rush. In 2013, he won 5 titles in Japan Open - the first ever in the events' history and 2 silver medals in World Championships. With that he became well-known as "Hagino" around the world. Half-way through Rio Olympics (2014), he grabbed 4 titles in Japan Open. He is set to make a blash in the next 2 years.

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Excellent news to wrapped the 17th Asian Games in Incheon!

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Swimmer Insight : Daiya Seto

Daiya Seto (JSS Moroyama/Waseda University)

Date of Birth: May 24, 1994: Hometown: Saitama Prefecture Club: JSS Moroyama / Waseda University Coach: Takayuki Umehara Height: 174 cm Weight: 72 kg Blood type: A Education: Saitama Sakae High School (Graduated 2013) Target on Pan Pacific / Asian Games : "Gold medal"

International swimming competition experience:

2009 Asian Age Championships (Tokyo) 2009 Asian Championships (Foshan) 2010 Pan Pacific Junior Championships (Hawaii) 2010 World Cup Europe (Stockholm, Moscow, Berlin) 2011 World Cup Europe (Stockholm, Moscow, Berlin) 2012 Pan Pacific Junior Championships (Hawaii) 2012 World Cup Middle East (Doha, Dubai) 2012 World Cup Europe (Stockholm, Moscow, Berlin) 2012 World short-course Championship (Istanbul) 2013 World Championship (Barcelona) 2014 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series (Perth)

Record:

2009 Asian Age 100m / 200m butterfly Won 2009 Asian Age 200m / 400m individual medley 2nd place 2009 Asian Championships 400m individual medley Won 2010 Pan Pacific Junior Championships 400m Individual Medley 2nd place 2010 World Cup tournament in Stockholm 200m butterfly Won 2011 World Cup tournament in Stockholm 200m individual medley Won 2011 World Cup tournament in Berlin 400m individual medley Won 2011 World Cup Tokyo Conference 400m individual medley Won 2012 Japan Championship 400m individual medley 3rd place 2012 Pan Pacific Junior Championships 200m freestyle 2nd place 2012 Pan Pacific Junior Championships200m butterfly 2nd place 2012 Pan Pacific Junior Championships200m individual medley 2nd place 2012 World Cup 400m individual medley Won 6 consecutive tournaments 2012 World short-course Championship 400m individual medley Won 2012 World short-course Championship 200m individual medley 2nd place 2013 Japan Championship 200m / 400m individual medley 2nd place 2013 Japan Championships 200m butterfly 2nd place 2013 World Championships 400m IM Won / 200m IM 7th place 2014 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series 200m butterfly Won 2014 Japan Championships 200m butterfly Won 2014 Japan Championship 200m IM 3rd place/ 400m IM 2nd place

Personal best:

200m individual medley 1:57.92 400m Individual Medley 4:08.69 200m butterfly 1:54.82 200m freestyle 1:48.12

"Challenger with a World Championship title" When he was in elementary school, he was not able to overcome his swimming friend, Kosuke Hagino. However, he start to getting closer to Hagino presence gradually. He won the 400m IM in Junior Olympic with junior high school record. It was his first "head-to-head" victory. Since then the two people who are the same age, start their rivalry. He just missed out on making the Olympic team in 2012, however able to the near miss in the past by winning 6 consecutive tournaments in the World Cup 2012. His success year continue by winning the gold medal in the World short-course Championship, and become a surprise winner in the World (long-course) Swimming Championship Barcelona in 2013. However, compare to his rival Hagino, he is still relatively unknown as Japanese swimmer. An athlete who challenge the world by being a "challenger" who became a World Champion.

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Swimmer Insight: Ryosuke Irie

Ryosuke Irie (Itoman Toshin)

Date of Birth : January 24, 1990 Hometown : Osaka Club : Itoman Toshin Height : 178 cm Weight : 66 kg Blood Type : A Education : Kinki University High school (Graduated 2008), Kinki University (Graduated 2012) Target on Pan Pacific/ Asian Games : Gold Medal International swimming competition experience: 2006 Pan Pacific Championships (Victoria) 2006 Asian Games (Doha) 2007 World Championships (Chiba) 2008 Beijing Olympics 2009 Duel in the Pool: Australia vs Japan (Canberra) 2009 Universiade (Belgrade) 2009 World Championship (Rome) 2009 East Asian Games (Hong Kong) 2010 Pan Pacific Championships (Irvine) 2010 Asian Games (Guangzhou) 2010 World short-course Championship (Dubai) 2011 World Championship (Shanghai) 2011 Universiade (Shenzhen) 2012 London Olympics 2013 World Championship (Barcelona) 2014 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series (Perth) Record: 2006 Pan Pacific Championships 200m backstroke 5th place 2006 Asian Games 200m backstroke Won 2007 World Swimming 200m backstroke Won 2008 Beijing Olympics 200m backstroke 5th place 2009 Universiade 50m backstroke 2nd place 2009 Universiade 100m / 200m backstroke Won (2 titles) 2009 World Championships 100m backstroke 4th place 2009 World Championships 200m backstroke 2nd place 2009 East Asian Games 50m / 100m / 200m backstroke Won (3 titles) 2010 Pan Pacific Championships 200m backstroke 3rd place 2010 Asian Games 50m backstroke 2nd place 2010 Asian Games 100m / 200m backstroke Won (2 titles) 2010 World Championship short waterway 100m / 200m backstroke 5th place 2011 World Championships 100m backstroke 3rd place/ 200m backstroke 2nd place 2011 Universiade 50m / 200m backstroke Won (2 titles) 2012 London Olympics 100m 3rd place/ backstroke 200m backstroke 2nd place 2012 London Olympics 400m medley relay 2nd place 2013 World Championships 100m 4th place/ backstroke 200m backstroke 4th place 2013 World Championships 400m medley relay (backstroke) 3rd

Personal best: 50m backstroke 24.79 100m backstroke 52.24 (Japanese record) 200m backstroke 1:52.51 (Japanese record)

"Coming back from despair" In 2006, he joined the Japanese national team for the first time to compete at Pan Pacific Competitions. At such a young age (18), he got the "golden ticket" to Beijing Olympics to swim in the 200m backstroke event. He finished fifth. Since then, the desire to medal becomes stronger. During the world record breaking year in 2009, he won the silver medal in the 200m backstroke at the World Championships(Rome). At World Championships in Shanghai, he was not only won a medal in 200 m but also in the 100m. He also won three medals from 100m, 200m backstroke, and 200m medley relay at London Olympics. However, he did not medal in World Championships 2013 (Barcelona), that was the toughest time for him where he try to keep some distance from the pool. Around those time, he involved in some activities such as helping Tokyo to win the Olympic bid. That successful result bring his passion for swimming back. In April 2014, he showed his great race at Japan Open after a while and he is eyeing to take over the world once again.

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* I am trying to translate all the athlete's profile from Tobiuo Japan website (Japanese to English).

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Medal Ceremony Highlights 1

Japanese Swimming Team

Congratulation to all the medalists!

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After collecting four gold, one silver and two bronze medals from seven events, one would think Kosuke Hagino would be happy with the Asian Games he's had. But Hagino ...

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Japanese Swimming Athletes on Twitter!

Akihiro Yamaguchi @Pululun24

Aya Takano @ayachan314

Ayatsugu Hirai @DrzesAya

Chiaki Ishibashi @goriakichi

Chihiro Igarashi @Pink24guess

Daiya Seto @bakadaiya

Hanae Ito @hanaesty

Hayate Matsubara @haya1209

Hirofumi Ikebata @199208211031

Hiromasa Fujimori @FHiromasa