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Sayaka Aoki is a Japanese track and field sprinter and hurdler, who specializes in the 400 metres sprint and 400 metres hurdles. She competed for her country as part of the Japanese women's 4 × 400 metres relay team at the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the World Championships in Athletics three times. She has been a four-time medallist in the relay at the Asian Athletics Championships, including a gold medal in 2011. She won her first major international medal in the hurdles – a bronze – at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships.

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Kumiko Imura is a Japanese long jumper.

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Ayako Kimura is a Japanese hurdler. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100 meter hurdles, and failed to reach the final. She won a gold, a bronze and a silver medal in this event at the Asian championships in 2013, 2015 and 2017, respectively.

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Manami Kira is a Japanese sprinter and hurdler. Between 2013 and 2017 she won two silver medals in the 400 m hurdles and two bronze medals in the 4×400 m relay at the Asian Championships.

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Miyoko Mitsui was a Japanese hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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Michi Nakanishi was a Japanese sprinter. She competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the 80 m hurdles and 4 × 100 m sprint events, and placed fifth in the relay.

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Hitomi Shimura is a Japanese hurdler. She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.

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Eri Utsunomiya is a Japanese track and field athlete, who mostly competes in heptathlon, sprint and hurdles. She placed fifth-seventh in various events at the 2015 and 2017 Asian Championships and 2018 Asian Games.

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Ikuko Yoda was a Japanese sprinter. She competed at the 1964 Olympics in the 80 m hurdles and 4 × 100 m relay events and finished fifth in the hurdles, setting her personal best at 10.7 seconds.