(born 8 May 1981 in

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) is a former medley

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. She won the silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the

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1981 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese female medley swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub