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 | Team AXN/Sony Salomon (JAPAN) // Number 23 |
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 | Also known as Team East Wind, Masato captains this Japanese team for his 4th Eco-Challenge. Last year in Argentina, this team became the first Japanese team to officially finish an Eco-Challenge. The team always races in memory of their friend and teammate, Kazuki Kurata.
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| Masato Tanaka (Captain) |
| Age |
| Residence |
| Profession |
| Athletic Accomplishments |
| 32 |
| Tone-gun, Gunma,
JAPAN |
| Adventure Racer |
| EXPEDITION RACES:
1999 Eco-Challenge Argentina, 15th place
1997 Eco-Challenge Australia (winner of Spirit Award)
1996 Eco-Challenge British Columbia
1999, 1997 Mild Seven Outdoor Quest, 11th place
2000 Raid Gauloises, 14th place
1998 Raid Gauloises
1998 Southern Traverse, 4th place
1998 Mild Seven Outdoor Quest, 9th place
1997 Raid Gauloises, 11th place
1997 Southern Traverse, 5th place
1994 Raid Gauloises, 15th place
OTHER:
1999 Salomon X-Mountain races (3): France, 36th place; Austria/Germany, 12th place; Japan, 6th place
1999 Coast to Coast, 43rd place
1998 Coast to Coast, 41st place
1994 Orienteering World Championships, 15th place
Masato has also done many orienteering competitions, and was selected to represent the Tokyo region at the Hiroshima National Athletic Mountaineering Competition in 1996 and 1997.
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| Sakiko MiyauchiX |
| Age |
| Residence |
| Profession |
| Athletic Accomplishments |
| 24 |
| Tone-gun,
Gunma,
JAPAN |
| Student |
| EXPEDITION RACES:
1999 Eco-Challenge Argentina, 15th place
1999, 1997 Mild Seven Outdoor Quest 11th place
2000 Raid Gauloises, 14th place
1998 Southern Traverse New Zealand 4th place
OTHER:
1999 Salomon X-Mountain races (3): France, 36th place; Austria/Germany, 12th place
In 1998, Sakiko was selected as the representative of the Kyoto region to the Osaka National Athletic Mountaineering Competition. She has also run the Osaka International Women's Marathon from 1996 to 1998, and placed 2nd in the Tsukuba Marathon in 1994.
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| Hiroki Ishikawa |
| Age |
| Residence |
| Profession |
| Athletic Accomplishments |
| 25 |
| Ebina,
JAPAN |
| Outdoor Equipment Seller |
| EXPEDITION RACES:
2000 Raid Gauloises, 14th place
OTHER:
2000 Salomon X-Adventure France and Spain
1999 Salomon X-Adventure Morocco
1999 Salomon X-Adventure Japan
1999 Japan Mountaineering Race 73km
1998 Honolulu Marathon in 2:47
1998 Japan Mountaineering Marathon.
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| Masayuki Takahata |
| Age |
| Residence |
| Profession |
| Athletic Accomplishments |
| 26 |
| Yokohama, Kanagawa,
JAPAN |
| Sporting Good Sales |
| EXPEDITION RACES:
1999 Eco-Challenge Argentina, 15th place
2000 Raid Gauloises, 14th place
OTHER:
1999 Salomon X-Mountain Japan
1999 Izu Adventure Race course tester
1998 All Japan Lifesaving Championship 2km Beach Run, 12th place
1995 College Ski Championships, 1st place
1995 All Japan Lifesaving Championship 2km Beach Run, 1st place
Masayuki also enjoys kayaking, mountain biking, free climbing, and surfing.
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