is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. She represented her nation

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at the

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, and has won a career total of two medals (one silver and one bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the

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and the Pan Pacific Championships. She set a Japanese record of 54.43 in the 100 m freestyle at the 2009 Japan National Sports Festival in

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. Yamaguchi is a student at

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. Yamaguchi competed as an eighteen-year-old and a member of the Japanese team in two freestyle relay events at the

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. Despite missing out the individual spot in the 200 m freestyle, she managed to place fourth at the Olympic trials in

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(2:01.64) to earn an outright selection on the relay squad. Teaming with

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, and

Emi Takanabe is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. She represented her nation Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing herself in the seventh position as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team. Takanabe is a student at Natio ...

in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final, Yamaguchi swam the second leg with a split of 1:58.51, but the Japanese team had to settle for seventh place in 7:57.56. Yamaguchi also participated in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, along with Ueda, Mita, and

Asami Kitagawa (born October 3, 1987) is a Japanese Olympic and Nation Record holding swimmer. She swam for Japan at the 2008 Olympics. Major achievements 2006 Doha Asian Games * 50m breaststroke 2nd (32.27) * 100m breaststroke 1st (1:09.13) * 200m breastst ...

, but missed out the top 8 final by 0.08 of a second in a prelims time of 3:39.25. In 2009, Yamaguchi earned a silver medal for the Japanese team in the 400 m freestyle relay at the

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with a final time of 3:42.60.

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* 1990 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Japanese female freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Nagasaki Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub