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2026 KOSUKE KITAJIMA CUP
Friday, January 23rd – Sunday, January 25th Tokyo Aquatics Centre LCM (50m) SwimSwam Preview Day 1 Recap Meet Central ResultsDay two of the 2026 Kosuke Kitajima Cup brought the heat, with multiple Olympians in the water to contest events as a stepping stone towards the Japanese Championships in March.
24-year-old Olympic medalist Tomoru Honda dove in for the men’s 200m butterfly, where he put up an impressive outing of 1:54.91 to beat the domestic field.
Opening in 55.17 and closing in 59.74, Honda beat his most recent time of 1:55.40 notched at the Sette Colli Trophy last June.
He was entered in November’s Japan Open but was a no-show for all three of his events. Honda did race at the Tokyo New Year meet earlier this month, where he logged a mark of 1:51.62 in the short-course edition of the race.
Tonight, it was Central Sports’ World Championships swimmer Genki Terakado who snagged the silver in 1:55.32 followed by versatile So Ogata, who rounded out the podium in 1:56.15.
After the race, Honda told Asian media, “I’m happy that I was able to go under 1 minute 55 seconds for the first time in a while. I’m very satisfied.”
Terakado has already been as quick as 1:54.87 this season from last November’s Japan Open, ranking 3rd in the world. Honda now inserts himself into the rankings as the 4th-best performer this season.
2025-2026 LCM Men 200 FLY
Leon FRAMarchand 12/061:52.572FangXu CHN1:54.7411/133Genki TerakadoJPN1:54.8711/284TomoruHONDAJPN1:54.9101/245HarrisonTURNERAUS1:55.0712/16View Top 26»The reigning Olympic silver medalist in the 400m IM from Paris, Tomoyuki Matsushita was also among tonight’s competitors.
The 20-year-old followed up his 4IM gold from yesterday with a subsequent victory in the 200m IM.
Matsushita stopped the clock at an impressive 1:56.81, beating the field by nearly two seconds in the process.
Yorito Numata snagged the silver in 1:58.55, and Ryo Kato bagged the bronze in 2:00.93.
Matsushita entered this Kosuke Kitajima Cup already ranked #2 in the world in this event, courtesy of the 1:55.60 turned in at November’s Japan Open. That represented his best-ever performance, rendering him Japan’s 3rd-fastest man in history.
Post-race, the Olympic medalist said, “My time in the 400m wasn’t very good, so I was aiming for a good record in the 200m. I was a little bit off, but I think it went well.”
Promising 16-year-old Umi Ishizuka was too quick to catch in the women’s 200m fly, with the teen registering a gold medal-worthy time of 2:08.28.
Ishikuza has been extremely consistent in this event, owning a lifetime best of 2:08.16 from earning bronze at the 2025 World Junior Championships.
She held off Chiho Mizuguchi, who hit 2:08.61 for silver, followed by Hiroko Makino‘s outing of 2:09.74.
Ishizuka now ranks 9th in the world on the season.
2025-2026 LCM Women 200 FLY
SummerCANMcIntosh12/062:02.622Regan Smith USA2:05.2901/173Chen Luying CHN2:05.4511/144Yu ZidiCHN2:06.5711/145Brittany CastelluzzoAUS2:06.9611/286ElizabethDekkersAUS2:07.5911/287Zhang YufeiCHN2:07.9011/148Yu LiyanCHN2:08.1611/149Lu FanzhuoCHN2:08.2811/149Umi IshizukaJPN2:08.2801/24View Top 41»Additional Notes
The men’s 100m free was on the subdued side, with just one swimmer delving under the 49-second barrier. Olympian Katsuhiro Matsumoto was the top performer, logging 48.92 ahead of World Championships medalist Tatsuya Murasa, who clinched runner-up status in 49.03. Shuya Matsumoto rounded out the podium in 49.21. Nothing crazy happened in the women’s 100m free race either, with just two females clearing the 56-second threshold. Nagisa Ikemoto reached the wall first in 55.02, followed by Matsumoto, who grabbed silver in 55.55. Suzuka Hasegawa also landed on the podium, registering 56.30, good enough for bronze. The men’s 50m backstroke knockout competition saw Reo Miura ultimately claim the meet title in 26.47. However, round one saw Murasa notch a new meet record of 25.13. Shiho Matsumoto turned in the quickest time of the women’s 200m IM field, touching in 2:11.84. That cleared the field by nearly 2 seconds, with Chiaki Yamamoto hitting 2:13.44 and Waka Kobori logging 2:14.66. Matsumoto’s lifetime best remains at the 2:09.90 she established at the 2024 Japanese Olympic Trials. World Junior Record holder Shin Ohashi demonstrated his dominance in the men’s 50m breaststroke skins, hitting 27.59 to ultimately reap the gold. Veteran Olympic medalist Satomi Suzuki got it done for gold in the women’s 50m breaststroke skins, producing a time of 0.94 in the final round for gold.Read the full story on SwimSwam: Matsushita Hits 1:56.81 200 IM On Day Two Of Kosuke Kitajima Cup
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