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Kosuke Hagino

Japan Sending Sparse 22 and 21 Swimmer Rosters to Pan Pacs and Asian Games

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino will be one of 13 men to represent Japan at the Pan Pac Championships and the Asian Games.

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Shioura Becomes First Japanese Man Under 22 in 50 Free to Close Japanese Nationals

Women’s 50 Freestyle – FINALS Among the greatest weaknesses in all of Japanese swimming is the women’s sprint freestyles; however,…

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Hagino Breaks Two Japanese Records; Women Start Slow But Finish Strong on Day 3 of Japanese Nationals

As more Japanese veterans fail to qualify for Pan Pacs, it’s unquestionable who the country’s star swimmers is: Kosuke Hagino.

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Suzuki Breaks National Record in 50 Breast; Irie and Hagino Swim World’s Best Times in 100 Back

Japan’s Satomi Suzuki Broke the Natioanl Record in the 50 breaststroke on Friday.

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Depth on Display, Hagino Nearly Breaks Asian Record on Day 1 of Japanese Nationals

A familiar pattern emerged in the men’s 400 IM final at Japan’s National Championships; but it might not be a good thing that Kosuke Hagino almost broke the Asian Record.

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Everything You Need For The Japanese Swimming Trials

The Japanese swimming trials will be taking place at the Tatsumi International Pool in Tokyo April 10-13 starting tomorrow. These trials will be Japan’s 90th swimming nationals and the selection meet for their Pan Pac roster.

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Watanabe; Koseki Break Two National Records Apiece to Conclude 2014 Japan SC Championships

A total of 5 Japanese National Records (4 senior, 1 junior) went down on Sunday in Tokyo.

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National, Asian Records Fall on Day 1 of 2014 Japanese SC Championships

The Japanese swim team continues to be on fire, as they have been throughout the short course season, with two Asian Records on Saturday.

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Sprinters Steal The Show On The Final Day In Perth

The two biggest show stoppers of the day were the Australian sprint due of Cate Campbell and James Magnussen…

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Aussies With A Comfortable Lead After Day One In Perth

With the first day of the BHP Billiton Super Series in the books the Australians hold a comfortable lead over Japan in the overall points race…

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Hagino, Yamaguchi Post World-Leaders at Tokyo Metropolitan Championships

Kosuke Hagino is already swimming better backstroke times in January than he did at the World Championships last summer.

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14 Questions for 2014

2013 was our first Phelps-less year in a long while. Will the New Year bring a return of the iconic pre-race body-slaps?

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2013 Swammy Awards: Male Asian Swimmer Of The Year

Coming off of an amazing Olympic showing where he won the 400 and 1500 freestyle as well as tying for the silver in the 200 freestyle Sun Yang continued to show his dominance in the distance freestyle events.

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