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Sayaka Aoki is a Japanese track and field sprinter and hurdler, who specializes in the 400 metres sprint and 400 metres hurdles. She competed for her country as part of the Japanese women's 4 × 400 metres relay team at the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the World Championships in Athletics three times. She has been a four-time medallist in the relay at the Asian Athletics Championships, including a gold medal in 2011. She won her first major international medal in the hurdles – a bronze – at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships.

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Seika Aoyama is a Japanese sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing and earlier won a silver medal in this event at the 2014 Asian Games.

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Asa Dogura was a Japanese sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. She later married Olympic gold medallist Naoto Tajima. She died on 20 April 2008 in Kamakura.

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Chisato Fukushima is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Japan. She is the Japanese record holder in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres.

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Kinue Hitomi was a Japanese track and field athlete. She was the world record holder in several events in the 1920s – 1930s and was the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic medal. She was also the first woman to represent Japan at the Olympics.

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Kana Ichikawa is a Japanese sprinter.

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Yuki Kato is a Paralympic athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T36 sprints events.

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Manami Kira is a Japanese sprinter and hurdler. Between 2013 and 2017 she won two silver medals in the 400 m hurdles and two bronze medals in the 4×400 m relay at the Asian Championships.

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Mie Muraoka was a Japanese sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

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Michi Nakanishi was a Japanese sprinter. She competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the 80 m hurdles and 4 × 100 m sprint events, and placed fifth in the relay.

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Eri Utsunomiya is a Japanese track and field athlete, who mostly competes in heptathlon, sprint and hurdles. She placed fifth-seventh in various events at the 2015 and 2017 Asian Championships and 2018 Asian Games.

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Sumiko Watanabe was a Japanese sprinter. Aged 15 she competed in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m event at the 1932 Summer Olympics and placed fifth in the relay.

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Ikuko Yoda was a Japanese sprinter. She competed at the 1964 Olympics in the 80 m hurdles and 4 × 100 m relay events and finished fifth in the hurdles, setting her personal best at 10.7 seconds.

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Ayako Yoshikawa is a retired Japanese athlete. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and a silver in the long jump at the 1951 Asian Games. She placed 16th in the long jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Toyoko Yoshino was a Japanese discus thrower. She competed at the 1952, placing fourth, and the 1956 Summer Olympics.