is a Japanese competitor in

synchronised swimming Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming), also known as artistic swimming, is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by World A ...

Career

Kijima participated for the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games (), and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 201 ...

, where she won a silver medal in the team event as well as the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

. She competed for the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

, where she was part of Japan's team that finished fourth in the team event. In June 2022 at the

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, Kijima was part of the Japanese team that won silver in both the free routine combination and technical routine as well as bronze in the free routine. In July 2023 at the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

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, she was part of the Japanese team that won silver in the team free routine and bronze in the team acrobatic routine. In October 2023 at the delayed

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ...

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, Kijima was part of Japan's team that won silver in the team competition. In February 2024 at the

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, she was part of the Japanese team that won silver in the

acrobatic Acrobatics () is the performance of human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination. Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic skills are most often performed in acro ...

, free routine and bronze in the technical routine.

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* 1999 births Living people People from Hakusan, Ishikawa Sportspeople from Ishikawa Prefecture Japanese synchronized swimmers Artistic swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Artistic swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic synchronized swimmers for Japan Artistic swimmers at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships Artistic swimmers at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Artistic swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Artistic swimmers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in artistic swimming Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub