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Japan
Career
1928 - 2026
Best year
1936
Total points
1632
Best results
2x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#5
10-year rank
#7
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
Categories
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 90 | - |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 54 | - |
| 2001 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1989 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 90 | - |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1952 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 54 | - |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 54 | - |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 1991 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Toshinori Murata |
| 2005 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Ai Shibata |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Toyoko Kimura |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Akiko Miyazaki |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Etsujiro Takase |
| 1991 | Pan Pacific Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Suzu Chiba |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Toshizo Umemoto |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Tanimoto Haruno |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Eiko Wada |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Kosuke Hagino |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Chihiro Igarashi |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Takeshi Matsuda |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Fusae Nakamura |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Tsubasa Amai |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Junko Sakurai |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Tomohiro Noguchi |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Sachiko Yamada |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Kazuhiko Yoshihara |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Atsuko Sakai |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Masami Nakabo |
| 2013 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | Kosuke Hagino |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Emiko Shibahara |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Sachiko Yamada |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Ai Shibata |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Nagatoshi Maruyama |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Takumi Komatsu |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Yoshiko Sato |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Masato Hirano |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Chihiro Igarashi |
| 1956 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Masayuki Fujimoto |
| 2007 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Ai Shibata |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Tae Iguchi |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Kana Kamo |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Ikuhiro Terashita |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Sachiko Yamada |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Shuji Ono |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Eiko Goshi |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | Shozo Makino |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Kazushi Imafuku |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Ichika Kajimoto |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Misako Tamura |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Chihiro Igarashi |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Suzu Chiba |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Yoshihiro Shoji |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Kosuke Hagino |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Jumpei Higashi |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Sachiko Yamada |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Katsuji Yamashita |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Takafumi Asahara |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Suzu Chiba |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Shunpei Uto |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Kaname Sakamoto |
| 1991 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Suzu Chiba |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Kazue Hayakawa |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Kazue Hayakawa |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Shuji Tsukasaki |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Suzu Chiba |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Akira Iida |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Chihiro Igarashi |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Miwako Kobayashi |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | Tsutomu Ōyokota |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Naito Ehara |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Waka Kobori |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Kosuke Hagino |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Sachiko Yamada |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Mika Saito |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Taishi Okude |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Sachiko Miyaji |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Shunichi Fujita |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Shigeo Ogata |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Miki Wakahoi |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Suzu Chiba |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Kunihiro Iwasaki |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Tadaharu Goto |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Sachiko Yamada |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Hiroshi Sakamoto |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Yoshiko Sato |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Shigeko Kawanishi |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Ryoko Omiya |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Taihei Maeda |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Tomohiro Noguchi |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Hanae Ito |
| 1991 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Suzu Chiba |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Daisuke Hosokawa |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Yoshimi Nishigawa |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Mika Saito |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Kunihiro Iwasaki |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Tatsuo Fujimoto |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Suzu Chiba |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Kosuke Hagino |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Takumi Komatsu |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Yoshiko Sato |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Yumiko Kobayashi |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Chihiro Igarashi |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Katsunori Fujiwara |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Shigeo Ogata |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Maki Mita |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Rikako Ikee |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Risa Sekine |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Yosuke Ichikawa |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Yoshimi Nishigawa |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Mika Saito |
| 2025 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Tatsuya Murasa |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Toshizo Umemoto |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Kosuke Hagino |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Sachiko Yamazaki |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Yoshihiro Okumura |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Tatsuya Murasa |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Chikako Nakamori |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Eri Yamanoi |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Yukio Horiuchi |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Noboru Waseda |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Tomoko Nagai |
| 1995 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Suzu Chiba |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Hinata Ando |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Shusuke Ito |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Michiko Kihara |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Fusae Nakamura |
| 2019 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Makoto Fukui |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Yosuke Ichikawa |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Kazue Hayakawa |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Kazunori Hikida |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Chihiro Igarashi |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Suzu Chiba |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Takeshi Matsuda |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Kaori Yanase |
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