is a Japanese former

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who competed in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and in the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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1983 births Living people Japanese female freestyle swimmers Japanese female butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub