is a Japanese swimmer, who was selected to the national team to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, after having accepted an invitation from

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, based on her B-standard time. She competed in the women's 400 m freestyle, where she placed twenty-sixth in the heats, with a time of 4:12.33. She also joined the women's national team for the women's freestyle relay events, where she and her teammates finished in seventh and eighth place, respectively. Takano is a sports science student at

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, and is currently a member of Itoman Club, being trained by Masato Nishiwaki.

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Living people Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture People from Ibaraki, Osaka 1994 births Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Japanese female freestyle swimmers Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub