Motoka Arai
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Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 16 June 1974 Kobe, Japan[1] | (age 47)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Konan University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | September 2008[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 60 m: 7.54 (1999) 100 m: 11.39 (2004) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Motoka Arai (新井 初佳, Arai Motoka, born 16 June 1974 in Kobe) is a Japanese retired sprinter. She competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships, the 100 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships and the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships.[4] She was a seven-time national champion in the 100 metres and a six-time national champion in the 200 metres at the Japanese Championships. She is the former Japanese record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and the current Japanese record holder in the indoor 200 metres.
She married Japanese sprinter Shigeyuki Kojima in February 2004.[5] She changed her name to Motoka Kojima, but she reverted to her original name.
Personal bests[]
Event | Time (s) | Competition | Venue | Date | Notes |
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60 m | 7.54 (Indoor) | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 | |
100 m | 11.39 (wind: +1.1 m/s) | National Championships | Tottori, Japan | 4 June 2004 | |
11.31 (wind: +3.7 m/s) | National Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 9 June 2001 | Wind-assisted | |
200 m | 23.46 (wind: 0.0 m/s) | National Sports Festival | Kumamoto, Japan | 26 October 1999 | Former NR |
23.22 (wind: +2.2 m/s) | National Championships | Shizuoka, Japan | 3 October 1999 | Wind-assisted | |
24.11 (Indoor) | Japan-China Indoor Match | Yokohama, Japan | 26 February 2000 | Current NIR |
International competition[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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1997 | East Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 3rd | 200 m | 24.09 (wind: +3.4 m/s) |
2nd | 4×100 m relay | 45.16 (relay leg: 4th) | |||
2nd | 4×400 m relay | 3:36.60 (relay leg: 2nd) | |||
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 15th (sf) | 4×100 m relay | 44.56 (relay leg: 4th) | |
1998 | Asian Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 4th | 100 m | 11.74 (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
5th | 200 m | 23.67 (wind: +1.7 m/s) | |||
2nd | 4×100 m relay | 44.45 (relay leg: 4th) | |||
Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 5th | 100 m | 11.59 (wind: +2.3 m/s) | |
6th | 200 m | 23.58 (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |||
5th | 4×100 m relay | 44.80 (relay leg: 2nd) | |||
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 26th (h) | 60 m | 7.54 |
— (h) | 200 m | DNS | |||
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 37th (h) | 100 m | 11.64 (wind: -0.6 m/s) | |
14th (h) | 4×100 m relay | 44.80 (relay leg: 2nd) | |||
2000 | Asian Championships | Jakarta, Indonesia | 7th | 100 m | 11.78 (wind: -1.0 m/s) |
5th | 4×100 m relay | 45.26 (relay leg: 2nd) | |||
2001 | East Asian Games | Osaka, Japan | 4th | 200 m | 23.69 (wind: -2.4 m/s) |
2nd | 4×100 m relay | 44.24 (relay leg: 2nd) | |||
2002 | Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 9th (h) | 100 m | 11.70 (wind: -0.2 m/s) |
6th | 200 m | 23.91 (wind: -0.2 m/s) | |||
4th | 4×100 m relay | 44.59 (relay leg: 2nd) | |||
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 15th (h) | 4×100 m relay | 44.57 (relay leg: 4th) |
Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 2nd | 4×100 m relay | 44.56 (relay leg: 1st) |
National titles[]
- Japanese Championships
- 100 m: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
- 200 m: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
References[]
- ^ "Athlete Interview". (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 July 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "かつての短距離女王 小島初佳が引退". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 28 September 2008. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "陸上の小島と新井が結婚". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 12 March 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
External links[]
- Motoka Arai at World Athletics
- Motoka Arai at JAAF (in Japanese) (archived)
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Japanese female sprinters
- Sportspeople from Kobe
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- Asian Games competitors for Japan
- Japanese athletics biography stubs