Japan’s Olympic Roster Nears 30-Strong With One Trials Day Left

2021 JAPAN SWIM (OLYMPIC TRIALS)

• Saturday, April 3rd – Saturday, April 10th
• Tokyo Olympic Aquatics Centre
• LCM (50m)
• Japan’s Sole Olympic-Qualifying Opportunity
• JASF Olympic Selection Policy
• Entries
• SwimSwam Preview
• Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/ Day 5 Recap/Day 6 Recap
• Day 7 Recap
• Live Results
• Live Stream (Prelims Only)

There remains just one day of these 2021 Japan Olympic Trials, with just the Olympic events of the men’s and women’s 50m free, as well as the men’s 1500m free left to race.

Today, both Waka Kobori and Miyu Namba made it a double in terms of mid-distance freestyle events, with both adding the 800m free to their already-qualified 400m freestyle performances earlier in the meet.

Also, in the highly-anticipated men’s 100m butterfly contest, which saw 6 men get under 52-seconds, it was Naoki Mizunuma who snared the top prize to represent Japan both in the individual event, as well as on the medley relay. Takeshi Kawamoto, the man who matched the nation’s record last night in semifinals, settled for runner-up, still qualifying for the Olympics in the event.

Unofficial Japanese Olympic Roster:

1. Yuki Ikari – men’s 400m IM
2. Yui Ohashi – women’s 400m IM, 20m IM
3. Daiya Seto – men’s 200m IM/400m IM (officially pre-qualified), 200m fly
4. Ageha Tanigawa – women’s 400m IM
5. Waka Kobori – women’s 400m free, 800m free
6. Miyu Namba – women’s 400m free, 800m free
7. Rikako Ikee – women’s medley relay (fly), 400m free relay
8. Shoma Sato – men’s medley relay (breast), 200m breast
9. Katsuo Matsumoto – men’s 200m free, 400m free relay
10. Kanako Watanabe – women’s 100m breast, 200m breast medley relay
11. Reona Aoki – women’s 100m breast
12. Ryosuke Irie – men’s 100m back, 200m back, medley relay
13. Konosuke Yanagimoto – men’s 800m free relay
14. Kosuke Hagino – men’s 800m free relay, 200m IM
15. Takahashi Kotaro – men’s 800m free relay
16. Tomoru Honda – men’s 200m fly
17. Miho Teramura – women’s 200m IM
18. Katsumi Nakamura – men’s 100m free, 400m free relay
19. Kaiya Seki – men’s 400m free relay
20. Namba Akira – men’s 400m free relay
21. Suzuka Hasegawa – women’s 200m fly
22. Ryuya Mura – men’s 200m breast
23. Natsumi Sakai – women’s 400m free relay
24. Chihiro Igarashi – women’s 400m free relay
25. Rika Omoto – women’s 400m free relay
26. Keita Sunama – men’s 200m back
27. Naoki Mizunuma – men’s 100m fly, medley relay
28. Takeshi Kawamoto – men’s 100 fly