Masami Tanaka

Masami Tanaka

Personal information
Full name	Masami Tanaka
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1979-01-05) January 5, 1979 (age 47) Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Curl-Burke Swim Club (Now known as the Nation's Capital Swim Club)[1]
Coach	Pete Morgan[2]
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 50 m breaststroke 1999 Hong Kong 100 m breaststroke 1999 Hong Kong 200 m breaststroke 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1997 Fukuoka 200 m breaststroke 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m medley 1999 Sydney 4×100 m medley Asian Games 1998 Bangkok 4×100 m medley 1998 Bangkok 200 m breaststroke 1994 Hiroshima 100 m breaststroke 1994 Hiroshima 4×100 m medley 1994 Hiroshima 200 m breaststroke 1998 Bangkok 100 m breaststroke Universiade 1997 Catania 200 m breaststroke

Masami Tanaka (田中 雅美, Tanaka Masami; born January 5, 1979 in Engaru, Hokkaidō) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.^[3]

Acting career

Animation voice acting

• Finding Dory, Striped marlin

Dramas

• Black Pean (2018), as Naho Shimano, patient Koharu's mother (eps. 4, 5)^[4]

References

• databaseOlympics
• Profile on FINA site

1. Team, Archive (2002-06-29). "Moses, Tanaka Shine at Sarasota Meet". Swimming World. Retrieved 2026-04-26.
2. "Burke". Nation's Capital Swimming. Retrieved 2026-04-26.
3. "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
4. "Black Pean cast". TBS Black Pean official site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.