Team Ocean Navi
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Ocean Navi relay members Chika Nishibori, Kumiko Koizumi, Minori Tanaka, Syuji Nao, Hiroko Ashikawa, Rie Tamai, Yuki Tsunoda, Tomoko Tamura, Syusei Uzawa and Kenji Kanbe 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
Team Ocean Navi includes relays of open water swimmers who cross channels such as the 19.5 km Tsugaru Channel between Honshu and Hokkaido and the 40 km Sado Channel between Sado Island and Honshu.
Relays
- Team Ocean Navi including 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 from Sado Island to the Honshu mainland on 7 June 2016.
- Team Ocean Navi team of Kumiko Koizumi, Masamichi Taniuchi, Tamotsu Yoshida, Noriko Kawasaki, Minori Tanaka, Takaomi Modegi, Yukie Makino, Terumi Nakayama and Satoko Murata completed a relay crossing of the Sado Channel from Sado Island to the Japanese mainland of Honshu in 13 hours 7 minutes 4 seconds on 13 June 2018.
- 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 21 October 2020, 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 Kanbe with observer Masayuki Moriya and crew member Honma Motoko crossed the 42 km Sado Channel in 15 hours 16 minutes 17 seconds.
- On 28 May 2025, Team Ocean Navi completed a 12 hour 11 minutes 58 second 40 km relay across the Sado Channel in northwestern Japan. The team started at Akadomari Port on Sado Island 35 minutes after midnight. They finished at Teradomari Port on the mainland of Honshu in Nagaoka City at 12:46 pm. The members included Sakae Kataoka, Kimiyo Hokone, Masamichi Taniuchi, Kumiko Koizumi, Utako Hiramatsu, Noriko Kawasaki, Kayo Arihara, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Satoko Murata, Toshimi Ikegame, Hiroyuki Sugie, and Yuki Arai with observer Motoko Homma, and expedition leader Masayuki Moriya.
Sado Channel Crossing
Sado Island to Honshu
Team Ocean Navi team of Kumiko Koizumi, Masamichi Taniuchi, Tamotsu Yoshida, Noriko Kawasaki, Minori Tanaka, Takaomi Modegi, Yukie Makino, Terumi Nakayama and Satoko Murata completed a relay crossing of the Sado Channel from Sado Island to the Japanese mainland of Honshu in 13 hours 7 minutes 4 seconds on 13 June 2018.
External links
- Sado Channel Season Opens With Team Ocean Navi
- Swimming Straight Across Sado
- Team Ocean Navi Times Ten Across The Sado Channel
- Ocean Navi
- 3 Channels For Kizuna Enei Oudan Project
- Kizuna Enei Oudan Project
- Swimming From Sado
- Relay In Its Prime, 17 Doing 43
- Ocean Navi Team Completed Sado Channel Relay
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- World Marathon Swimming Association
- From Relay To Solo Across The Tsugaru Channel
- A Decade Of Success In The Open Water
- Swell Swimming Across Sado
- Swimming From Sado To Shore
- Swimming Straight From Sado
