(born June 25, 1978 in Nagasaki, Nagasaki) is a former

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimm ...

swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 200m Backstroke at 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 ...

in Sydney, Australia.

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1978 births Living people Japanese female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan People from Nagasaki Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub