The 2018 Japan Open wrapped up over the weekend, which means that the nation’s roster selections for this year’s Pan Pacific Championships are complete. 22 swimmers had already been named by the Japanese Swimming Federation to the roster after April’s Japan Swim, including national record holders Rikako Ikee, Kosuke Hagino and Katsumi Nakamura. Based on performances in Tokyo on the 2nd qualification opportunity, a few more names were added to the mix giving Japan some potentially strong relay line-ups.
Look for event previews once additional rosters are announced.
Translation assistance provided by Rebecca Nishikawa- Roy.
Men:- Katsumi Nakamura
- Shunichi Nakao
- Katsuhiro Matsumoto
- Naito Ehara
- Shogo Takeda
- Kohei Yamamoto
- Ayatsugu Hirai
- Ryosuke Irie
- Masaki Kaneko
- Keita Sunama
- Daiya Seto
- Kosuke Hagino
- Hiromasa Fujimori
- Shinri Shioura
- Juran Mizohata
- Reo Sakata
- Rikako Ikee
- Mayuka Yamamoto
- Chihiro Igarashi
- Waka Kobori
- Yukimi Moriyama
- Anna Konishi
- Natsumi Sakai
- Sayaka Akase
- Reona Aoki
- Satomi Suzuko
- Kanako Watanabe
- Ai Souma
- Sachi Mochida
- Suzuka Hasegawa
- Rikako Ikee
- Yui Ohashi
- Miho Teramoto
- Sakiko Shimizu
- Tomomi Aoki
- Yui Yamane
- Rio Shirai
Coaching Staff-
Coach/Director : Norimasa Hirai
Team Dr; Masaki Tatsumura
Head Coach: Takayuki Umehara
Coach: Kenta Kusanagi
Coach: Yoshihiro Fujimori
Coach: Yoji Suzuki
Coach: Tomohisa Honzaki
Coach: Taku Yonezawa
Coach: Shin Watanabe
Has Rie Kaneto retired? I haven’t heard of, or seen her in a while after Rio.
Yes. There was a swimswam article about that.
https://staging.swimswam.com/200breast-olympic-champion-rie-kaneto-announces-retirement/
She has – https://staging.swimswam.com/200breast-olympic-champion-rie-kaneto-announces-retirement/
Have they announced their Junior Pan PAC team yet?
Japan is coming strong this summer – can’t wait to see them perform on their home turf against the other Nations
I hope they don’t peak this year but in two years time at a Home Olympics 🙂
They probably intend to do both as they have a double opportunity to shine
Is Ikee not in butterfly?
She will be swimming fly, announced in first round of roster…I’ve added her here, too, to be clear. Thanks!