#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
277	Homare Sawa	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1991–2015	86.2
536	Naoko Fujioka	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	2009–—	85.8
726	Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	1999–2016	83.7
747	Naoya Inoue	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	2012–—	81.6
810	Fighting Harada	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	1960–1970	82.4
822	Yoko Gushiken	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	1974–1981	82.0
1227	Daiya Seto	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2012–—	81.4
1275	Mizuki Noguchi	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	1999–2012	81.2
1293	Kosuke Hagino	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2012–2021	79.5
1326	Sadaharu Oh	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1959–1980	86.6
1582	Yui Ohashi	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2014–2024	78.5
1978	Ryosuke Irie	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2008–2021	78.8
2006	Hidetoshi Nakata	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1995–2006	75.5
2029	Ippei Watanabe	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2014–—	76.4
2056	Mayumi Aoki	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	1969–1976	74.3
2143	Ichiro Suzuki	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1992–2019	83.7
2164	Naoko Takahashi	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	1997–2008	76.3
2212	Hideki Matsui	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1993–2012	82.5
2288	Yu Darvish	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	2005–—	82.4
2291	Masahiro Tanaka	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	2007–—	81.9
2422	Rikako Ikee	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2014–—	74.9
2560	Kei Nishikori	Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2007–—	77.4
2662	Tomoe Abe	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	1992–2001	74.1
2731	Katsutoshi Nekoda	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	1964–1977	79.9
2740	Hideo Nomo	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1990–2008	79.1
2838	Shohei Ohtani	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	2018–—	74.5
2865	Masashi Ozaki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1970–2019	82.0
2868	Hirooki Arai	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	2010–2021	73.7
2877	Jumbo Ozaki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1970–2010	81.7
2918	Hideki Matsuyama	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	2013–—	79.7
2930	Naomi Osaka	Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2013–—	72.1
2942	Junko Asari	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	1990–1998	71.2
2962	Yutaka Demachi	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	1968–1976	77.2
3047	Erika Araki	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	2002–2021	78.7
3100	Takako Shirai	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	1970–1977	74.4
3118	Ayako Okamoto	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1975–2011	78.3
3124	Yukiko Ebata	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	2008–—	76.6
3154	Yuko Arakida	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	1972–1978	72.4
3182	Shigeki Maruyama	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1992–2015	77.0
3233	Saori Kimura	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	2003–2016	75.0
3280	Isao Aoki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1964–2015	77.0
3352	Jun Mizutani	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2003–2021	77.1
3471	Ai Fukuhara	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	1998–2018	76.3
3489	Fujie Eguchi	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	1954–1959	71.3
3515	Kasumi Ishikawa	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2008–2023	75.9
3557	Nobuhiko Hasegawa	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	1963–1973	72.1
3596	Miu Hirano	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2013–—	72.8
3597	Ryo Ishikawa	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	2007–—	72.1
3671	Hina Hayata	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2016–—	71.3
3770	Koki Niwa	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2010–—	71.8

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