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Miho Yonezawa
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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
Miho Yonezawa is a Japanese pool and open water swimmer.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She was a member of チーム野獣 (or Team Yajyu, meaning Team Beast in English), a 6-person Japanese open water swimming team that crossed the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido on 26 July 2016 under the auspices of Ocean Navi and the escort of pilot Captain Mizushima of Tappi Misaki in Aomori Prefecture. The Team Yajyu members included 1st: Tomonari Ogino (荻野 智成), 2nd: Miho Yonezawa (米沢 美穂, 3rd: Akiko Niide (新出 亜希子), 4th: Takeshi Yamamoto (山本 毅), 5th: Yumiko Okuda (奥田 由美子), and 6th: Kumiko Koizumi (小泉 久美子.
- On 5 September 2020, she swam with Tomonari Ogino, Chika Nishibori, Syuji Nao, Kumiko Koizumi, Minori Tanaka, Toshihiko Manabe, Yasuko Takeda, Satoko Murata, and Ayaka Matsushita with observer Masayuki Moriya and support crew Honma Motoko on a 21 km Ocean Navi relay from Enoshima to Jogashima in eastern Japan in 7 hours 11 minutes 18 seconds.
