Mayumi Aoki

Honestly, when I first came across the name Mayumi Aoki I half-expected an actress or a pop singer — the name just sounds like it belongs under stage lights. Nope: she's a competitive swimmer, born in 1953 in Yamaga, Kumamoto, a quiet hot-spring town better known for its lantern festival than for producing elite athletes. And yet she found her way to Tenri University, which if you know Japanese sports at all you know is basically a factory for serious competitors — you don't end up there by accident. The details on her competitive record are thin from where I'm sitting, but the bones of the story — small-town Kumamoto girl, Tenri-level commitment, a whole career defined by the discipline of the water — paint a picture that's quietly impressive.

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Mayumi Aoki is a Japanese competitive swimmer born on May 1, 1953, in Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture. She attended Tenri University, a institution well known for producing elite athletes in Japan. Standing 164 cm tall, she competed in the discipline of competitive swimming. Further details regarding her career record and active period are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Mayumi Aoki

Name (Japanese)

青木まゆみ

Reading

あおき まゆみ

Born

May 1, 1953 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

Origin

Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Height

164 cm

Occupation

Competitive Swimmer

University

Tenri University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%9C%A8%E3%81%BE%E3%82%86%E3%81%BF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267087

Tags

• From Kumamoto Prefecture
• Competitive Swimmer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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