is a former

breaststroke Breaststroke is a human swimming, swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and ...

swimmer from

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. She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

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. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.

Acting career

Animation voice acting

* Finding Dory, Striped marlin

Dramas

* Black Pean (2018), as Naho Shimano, patient Koharu's mother (eps. 4, 5)

References

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1979 births Living people Japanese female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers from Hokkaido Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub