Honma Motoko
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On 5 September 2020, Ocean Navi swimmers Tomonari Ogino, Chika Nishibori, Miho Yonezawa, Syuji Nao, Kumiko Koizumi, Minori Tanaka, Toshihiko Manabe, Yasuko Takeda, Satoko Murata, and Ayaka Matsusihita with observer Masayuki Moriya and support crew Honma Motoko swim from Enoshima to Jogashima in 7 hours 11 minutes
Ocean Navi relay members Chika Nishibori, Kumiko Koizumi, Minori Tanaka, Syuji Nao, Hiroko Ashikawa, Rie Tamai, Yuki Tsunoda, Tomoko Tamura, Syusei Uzawa and Kenji Kambe with observer Masayuki Moriya and crew member Honma Motoko after crossing the 42 km Sado Channel in 15 hours 16 minutes 17 seconds on 21 October 2020
Honma Motoko is a Japanese open water swimming observer and escort crew member and a member of Team Ocean Navi.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- Team Ocean Navi including wetsuited swimmers Taku Wakabayashi, Eri Obiya, Saki Watanabe, Hiroto Kagami, Takeomi Modagi, Masamichi Taniuchi, Kumiko Koizumi, Aya Kurano, Yasuko Takeda, Mayumi Doi, Tanomi Muraki and Nishina Yuichi completed a 12 hour 24 minute 40 km crossing of the Sado Channel from Sado Island to the Honshu mainland on 12 June 2019 observed by Masayuki Moriya with the support of Honma Motoko.
- On 5 September 2020, she crewed for Tomonari Ogino, Chika Nishibori, Miho Yonezawa, Syuji Nao, Kumiko Koizumi, Minori Tanaka, Toshihiko Manabe, Yasuko Takeda, Satoko Murata, and Ayaka Matsushita with observer Masayuki Moriya on a 21 km Ocean Navi relay from Enoshima to Jogashima in eastern Japan in 7 hours 11 minutes 18 seconds.
- On 21 October 2020, she crewed for Team Ocean Navi relay members Chika Nishibori, Kumiko Koizumi, Minori Tanaka, Syuji Nao, Hiroko Ashikawa, Rie Tamai, Yuki Tsunoda, Tomoko Tamura, Syusei Uzawa and Kenji Kambe with observer Masayuki Moriya and crew member Honma Motoko who crossed the 42 km Sado Channel in 15 hours 16 minutes 17 seconds.