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Japan
Career
1928 - 2026
Best year
2008
Total points
925
Best results
9x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#2
10-year rank
#6
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Koichiro Okazaki |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Koichiro Okazaki |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Yuichi Narisawa |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 50m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Shin Ohashi |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Kenichi Ueda |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Kenji Watanabe |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Nobuyuki Kawaguchi |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Yoshihisa Yamaguchi |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Masao Togami |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Hajime Waki |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Kenichi Ueda |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Shigehiro Takahashi |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Yoshinobu Miyazaki |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Ippei Watanabe |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Reizo Koike |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Nobutaka Taguchi |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Ryo Tateishi |
| 2024 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Yamato Fukasawa |
| 2005 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 1973 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Nobutaka Taguchi |
| 1973 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Nobutaka Taguchi |
| 2001 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2005 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Genki Imamura |
| 2017 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Ippei Watanabe |
| 2019 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Ippei Watanabe |
| 1991 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Akira Hayashi |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Daisuke Kimura |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Kazuki Kohinata |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Shin Ohashi |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Yoshiki Yamanaka |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Koichiro Okazaki |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Yuta Suenaga |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Yukihiro Takahashi |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kazuki Utsunomiya |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Iori Miyazaki |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryo Tateishi |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Akio Sugiyama |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kiyoshi Nakagawa |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Koichi Yamanami |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Hiroshi Kabatani |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Shigehiro Takahashi |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Hisashi Fuwa |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kenji Watanabe |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Akira Hayashi |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Makoto Yamashita |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Masaru Furukawa |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kenji Ishikawa |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kenji Ishikawa |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Hiroshi Kabatani |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Naritoshi Matsuda |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Nobuyuki Kawaguchi |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Akira Hayashi |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Daisuke Kimura |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Daisuke Kimura |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kazuki Kohinata |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ippei Watanabe |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Reizo Koike |
| 1956 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Masahiro Yoshimura |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Yoshihiko Osaki |
| 1975 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Nobutaka Taguchi |
| 2005 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2007 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2011 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2017 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 2022 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Yu Hanaguruma |
| 2025 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Ippei Watanabe |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Akira Hayashi |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Shin Ohashi |
| 1991 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Hiroshi Fujieda |
| 1997 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Yoshiaki Okita |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Masaru Ota |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kenji Ishikawa |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kenji Ishikawa |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Nobutaka Taguchi |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Nobutaka Taguchi |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Shigehiro Takahashi |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Akira Hayashi |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Ryo Tateishi |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Shin Ohashi |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kazuki Kohinata |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Ippei Watanabe |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Mamoru Tanaka |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Masaru Furukawa |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kiyoshi Nakagawa |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Koichi Yamanami |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Nobutaka Taguchi |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Nobutaka Taguchi |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Shigehiro Takahashi |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Naritoshi Matsuda |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kenji Watanabe |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kenji Watanabe |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Naoya Tomita |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Shin Ohashi |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Akihiro Yamaguchi |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kazuki Kohinata |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Ippei Watanabe |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Nobutaka Taguchi |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Tetsuo Hamuro |
| 1956 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Masaru Furukawa |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 4 | Naoya Tomita |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 4 | Daiya Seto |
| 2003 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2003 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2007 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 1995 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Akira Hayashi |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kosuke Kitajima |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Yasuhiro Koseki |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Ippei Watanabe |
Paris 2026: Records re-written at momentous European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026
As the last ripples flow from an outstanding European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 its legacy in terms of world and continental swimming can be partly expressed by the list of records broken during the seven-day programme at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.
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