Credit the B. League for making an earnest effort to raise the professional reputation of men's basketball in Japan. Elevating the sport is not just about having the former NBL, NBDL and bj-league teams under one umbrella. Little things that may go unnoticed to the ...
Japan's Olympic poster boy Kosuke Hagino insists he can handle the pressure of the nation's expectations as he bids for swimming glory at this summer's Rio Games. "The most important thing about the Olympics is to enjoy the atmosphere," Hagino told reporters at the National ...
Japan head coach Norimasa Hirai urged his team to sharpen up for the Rio de Janeiro Games as the national championships drew to a close on Sunday. Japanese swimmers qualified for the Olympics in 34 events through the championships, the largest tally since the nation ...
For more than a decade, Kosuke Kitajima competed at the highest levels of the swimming world. Now that he's jumped in the pool for the last time, the battles he had against the world's other top swimmers is something the Japanese superstar says he will ...
Kosuke Kitajima is set to retire from competitive swimming after failing in his bid to qualify for a fifth Olympics on Friday. The 33-year-old finished fifth in the men's 200-meter breaststroke final at the national championships, having already missed out in the 100 meters earlier ...
Kosuke Kitajima kept alive his hopes for a fifth Olympic appearance by a hair, squeezing into the men's 200-meter breaststroke final at the national championships on Thursday. Kitajima finished third overall in the semifinal heats with a 2 minute, 10.16 seconds to finish behind Ippei ...
Kosuke Kitajima failed to secure a trip to his fifth successive Olympics after not meeting the qualifying standard in the men's 100-meter breaststroke final at the national championships on Tuesday. The former two-time double Olympic champion was runner-up to Yasuhiro Koseki in 59.93 seconds, but ...
Rie Kaneto outpaced world champion and compatriot Kanako Watanabe to win the women's 200-meter breaststroke title on the final day of a World Cup meet in Tokyo on Thursday. Kaneto touched the wall in 2 minutes, 23.01 seconds at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, while ...
Kosuke Hagino cruised to victory in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle race on the opening day of the Japan Open on Friday. Hagino came home in a time of 15 minutes, 5.35 seconds at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, finishing nearly three seconds ahead of Ayatsugu ...
Japan's two-time double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima failed to qualify for this summer's world championships in the 100-meter breaststroke after finishing third at the national championships on Wednesday. Yasuhiro Koseki defended his title in the event in a time of 59.73 seconds. Ryo Tateishi was ...
Swimmer Kosuke Hagino booked his berth in this summer's FINA World Aquatics Championships after winning his third consecutive men's 400-meter freestyle title at the national championships in Tokyo on Tuesday. Hagino clocked a time of 3 minutes, 45.19 seconds at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center ...
We still have more than 2,000 days to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics begin, but it is never too early to speculate on a some of the mystery that will surround the Opening Ceremony. After the participating nations march into the new Olympic Stadium, ...
