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Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

Major achievements

2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The tenth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from August 17–20. Six world records A world record is usually the best global and most ...

* 100m butterfly 2nd (52.59) * 4×100m medley relay 2nd (3:35.70) 2007

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, ...

* 50m butterfly 10th (24.03) * 100m butterfly 23rd (53.53)

Personal bests

In long course * 50m butterfly: 23.45 Japanese Record (April 16, 2009) * 100m butterfly: 52.43 (April 20, 2008) In short course * 50m butterfly: 23.04 (March 16, 2008) * 100m butterfly: 49.90 Asian, Japanese Record (March 8, 2009)

References

* http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/japan2007/pc/players/0020.html 1981 births Living people Japanese male butterfly swimmers People from Kanagawa Prefecture World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub