Motoko Honma

Ocean Navi team with Hiroko Kasahara, Noriko Kimura, Kumiko Koizumi, Maki Sakamoto, Daisuke Tanaka, Mayumi Doi, Rei Yamazaki, Motoko Honma, and Masayuki Moriya after completing a 13 hour 40 minute 40 km crossing of the Sado Channel on 7 June 2016

Team Umiou at the Tsugaru Channel on Honshu, Japan

Team Umiou at the Tsugaru Channel, Japan

Motoko Honma (本間素子) is a Japanese open water swimmer and a member of Team Umiou (海王《うみおう》.

Team Umiou

Team Umiou is a relay team of Japanese open water swimmers who completed a 12 hours 45 minute crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Hokkaido to Honshu in Japan in the summer 2013. They started at 4:07 am on 30 July and finished at 4:52 pm swimming in 21-24ºF (69.8-75.2ºC) and escorted by Captain Mizushima. Its members included 櫻井智和 Tomokazu Sakurai, 有久暢 Nobu Arihirsa, 礒崎祐子 Yuko Isozaki, 鎌田慎平 Shinpei Kamata, 川崎富士子 Fujiko Kawasaki, and 本間素子 Motoko Honma.

Sado Channel Relay

Honma was a member of the Ocean Navi relay team that took 16 hours 18 minutes to swim across the 43 km Sado Channel course. The Ocean Navi team included Masayuki Moriya, Motoko Honma, Hidehiko Kato, Kaori Fukusima, Noriko Kawasaki, Ayako Kawasaki, Yoshimitsu Kitazawa, Noriko Kimura, Jun Kuwabara, Kumiko Koizumi, Maki Sakamoto, Akira Shima, Etsuko Shima, Akiko Niide, Isami Mitsuhashi, Kyoko Morikawa, and Eriko Yoshino.

Ocean Navi Relay

Hiroko Kasahara, Noriko Kimura, Kumiko Koizumi, Maki Sakamoto, Daisuke Tanaka, Mayumi Doi, Rei Yamazaki, Motoko Honma, and Masayuki Moriya completed a 13 hour 40 minute 40 km crossing of the Sado Channel on 7 June 2016.

Tsugaru Channel Crossing

Honma completed a solo wetsuit crossing of the Tsugaru Channel on 22 July 2016 in 13 hours 26 minutes 44 seconds.

External links

• Swimming From Sado
• Relay In Its Prime, 17 Doing 43
• Ocean Navi Team Completed Sado Channel Relay
• From Start To Finish, Swimmers Smile On Tsugaru Channel
• Ocean-Navi
• Masayuki Moriya
• Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association
• Challenging The Oceans Seven In Asia
• Open Water Swimming
• Isshin Denshin In The Open Water
• Swimming Strait - Tackling The Tsugaru
• Ocean Navi Takes Team Across The Tsugaru Channel
• The Japanese Leg Of Oceans Seven
• Tackling The Tsugaru
• Marathon Swimming
• World Marathon Swimming Association
• Tackling The Tsugaru
• Challenging The Oceans Seven In Asia
• Luci Can Help Across The Tsugaru Channel
• From Relay To Solo Across The Tsugaru Channel
• Motoko Honma Solos Across The Tsugaru Channel