17th Asian Games kick off

17th Asian Games kick off

INCHEON, South Korea - Japanese athletes take part in the entrance procession during the 17th Asian Games opening ceremony on Sept. 19, 2014, in Incheon, South Korea, led by the flag bearer, archer Kaori Kawanaka.

17th Asian Games kick off

17th Asian Games kick off

INCHEON, South Korea - Japanese athletes take part in the entrance procession during the 17th Asian Games opening ceremony on Sept. 19, 2014, in Incheon, South Korea, led by the flag bearer, archer Kaori Kawanaka.

Japan women's archery team wins bronze

Japan women's archery team wins bronze

LONDON, Britain - Ren Hayakawa, Miki Kanie and Kaori Kawanaka (from L to R) celebrate their bronze medal victory in the women's archery tournament at Lord's Cricket Ground at the London Olympics on July 29, 2012. Japan beat Russia in the match for third place with a score of 209-207.

Japan women's archery team wins bronze

Japan women's archery team wins bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ren Hayakawa, Miki Kanie and Kaori Kawanaka (from L to R) smile with their bronze medals after the women's archery tournament at Lord's Cricket Ground at the London Olympic games on July 29, 2012. South Korea took the gold while China took silver in the final round.

Japan women's archery team wins bronze

Japan women's archery team wins bronze

LONDON, Britain - Women's archery team members Ren Hayakawa, Miki Kanie and Kaori Kawanaka (from L to R) hold up flower bouquets celebrating their bronze medal victory at Lord's Cricket Ground at the London Olympics on July 29, 2012. No Japan men's or women's team had ever medaled in Olympic archery.

17th Asian Games kick off

17th Asian Games kick off

INCHEON, South Korea - Japanese athletes take part in the entrance procession during the 17th Asian Games opening ceremony on Sept. 19, 2014, in Incheon, South Korea, led by the flag bearer, archer Kaori Kawanaka. (Kyodo)

Japan's Kawanaka suffers defeat in women's individual archery

Japan's Kawanaka suffers defeat in women's individual archery

Japan's Kaori Kawanaka competes during a second-round match of women's individual archery at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 9, 2016. Kawanaka lost to Naomi Folkard of Britain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Kawanaka suffers defeat in women's individual archery

Japan's Kawanaka suffers defeat in women's individual archery

Japan's Kaori Kawanaka competes during a second-round match of women's individual archery at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 9, 2016. Kawanaka lost to Naomi Folkard of Britain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Olympics: South Korean archers shoot Japan's lights out again

Olympics: South Korean archers shoot Japan's lights out again

Kaori Kawanaka (C) of Japan aims at the target in the first round of the women's archery team tournament at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 7, 2016. Japan's aspirations of returning to the women's archery team medals podium for a second straight Olympics Games ended the same day in a 5-1 quarterfinal defeat to South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Olympics: South Korean archers shoot Japan's lights out again

Olympics: South Korean archers shoot Japan's lights out again

Kaori Kawanaka of Japan aims at the target in the first round of the women's archery team tournament at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 7, 2016. Japan's aspirations of returning to the women's archery team medals podium for a second straight Olympics Games ended the same day in a 5-1 quarterfinal defeat to South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo