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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Momoka Horikawa, Ayano Sato and Miho Takagi pose after winning bronze in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi and Ayano Sato compete en route to winning bronze in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Hamar

Japanese speed skaters (from L) Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and Momoka Horikawa compete en route to winning bronze in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating meet in Hamar, Norway, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Championships

(From L) Japan's Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Momoka Horikawa compete en route to finishing second in the women's team pursuit event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Speed skating: World Championships

(From L) Japan's Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi and Ayano Sato wave to the crowd after finishing second in the women's team pursuit event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Speed skating: World Championships

(From L) Japan's Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and Momoka Horikawa compete en route to finishing second in the women's team pursuit event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Speed skating: World Championships

Japan's Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi and Ayano Sato pose after finishing second in the women's team pursuit event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Speed skating: World Championships

(From L) Japan's Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi and Ayano Sato pose after finishing second in the women's team pursuit event at the world single-distance championships on March 14, 2025, in Hamar, Norway.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Milwaukee

(from L) Momoka Horikawa, Miho Takagi and Ayano Sato of Japan pose after winning silver in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating meet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Milwaukee

(from R) Miho Takagi, Momoka Horikawa and Ayano Sato of Japan compete en route to winning silver in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating meet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Speed skating: Four Continents

Japan's Momoka Horikawa (L) competes en route to winning gold in the women's 3,000 meters at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Hachinohe in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori on Nov. 16, 2024.

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Speed skating: Four Continents

Japan's Momoka Horikawa celebrates after winning gold in the women's 3,000 meters at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Hachinohe in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori on Nov. 16, 2024.

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Speed skating: Four Continents

Japan's Momoka Horikawa competes en route to winning gold in the women's 3,000 meters at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Hachinohe in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori on Nov. 16, 2024.

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Speed Skating: Team pursuit

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Momoka Horikawa -- compete en route to winning bronze in the women's team pursuit event at the world single distances speed skating championships in Calgary, Canada, on Feb. 16, 2024.

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Speed Skating: Team pursuit

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Momoka Horikawa and Miho Takagi -- pose for a photo after winning bronze in the women's team pursuit event at the world single distances speed skating championships in Calgary, Canada, on Feb. 16, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Poland

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi and Momoka Horikawa -- pose for a photo after winning the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating meet in Tomaszow Mazowiecki in Poland on Dec. 9, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Poland

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Momoka Horikawa -- compete en route to winning the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating meet in Tomaszow Mazowiecki in Poland on Dec. 9, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Obihiro

Momoka Horikawa of Japan competes in the women's 3,000 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Obihiro

(From L) Silver medalist Momoka Horikawa of Japan, gold medalist Ragne Wiklund of Norway and bronze medalist Antoinette Rijpma-De Jong of the Netherlands pose for a photo during the award ceremony for the women's 3000 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2023.

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World Cup in Obihiro

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Momoka Horikawa and Miho Takagi -- pose for a photo after winning the women's team pursuit event at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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World Cup in Obihiro

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Momoka Horikawa and Miho Takagi -- pose for a photo after winning the women's team pursuit event at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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Speed Skating: World Cup in Obihiro

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Momoka Horikawa -- compete en route to winning the women's team pursuit event at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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World Cup in Obihiro

Japanese speed skaters -- (from R) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Momoka Horikawa -- compete en route to winning the women's team pursuit event at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-HUZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-3X3 BASKETBALL(CN)

(231001) -- HUZHOU, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hanashima Momoka (top) of Japan competes during the Women's Bronze Medal Game of 3X3 Basketball between Japan and Chinese Taipei at the 19th Asian Games in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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(SP)CHINA-HUZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-3X3 BASKETBALL(CN)

(231001) -- HUZHOU, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hanashima Momoka (L) of Japan competes during the Women's Bronze Medal Game of 3X3 Basketball between Japan and Chinese Taipei at the 19th Asian Games in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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(SP)CHINA-HUZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-3X3 BASKETBALL(CN)

(231001) -- HUZHOU, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hanashima Momoka(top) of Japan competes during the Women's Bronze Medal Game of 3X3 Basketball between Japan and Chinese Taipei at the 19th Asian Games in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230804) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yoshii Momoka (L) and Matsumoto Shiho of Japan react during the awarding ceremony for the Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay of swimming at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)

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(SP)NETHERLANDS-HEERENVEEN-WORLD SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT

(230304) -- HEERENVEEN, March 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Team of Japan's Sato Ayano, Kikuchi Sumire, Horikawa Momoka (L to R) compete during the women's team pursuit at the ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, March 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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Speed skating: World championships

Japan's trio of Momoka Horikawa (R), Sumire Kikuchi (C) and Ayano Sato celebrate after getting silver in the women's pursuit at the speed skating world championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on March 3, 2023.

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Speed skating: World championships

Japan's trio of Momoka Horikawa (C), Sumire Kikuchi (L) and Ayano Sato compete in the women's pursuit en route to collecting silver at the speed skating world championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on March 3, 2023.

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Speed skating: Horikawa wins mass start in Poland

Momoka Horikawa of Japan (front) competes en route to winning the women's mass start at the speed skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, on Feb. 19, 2023.

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Speed skating: Horikawa wins mass start in Poland

Momoka Horikawa of Japan celebrates after winning the women's mass start at the speed skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, on Feb. 19, 2023.

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Speed skating: Horikawa wins mass start in Poland

Momoka Horikawa (C) of Japan poses for photos during a medal ceremony after winning the women's mass start at the speed skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, on Feb. 19, 2023, alongside silver medalist Valerie Maltais (L) and bronze medalist Ivanie Blondin, both Canadians.

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(SP)POLAND-TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI-SPEED SKATING-ISU WORLD CUP

(230220) -- TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Feb. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Horikawa Momoka of Japan celebrates victory in the women's mass start final race at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, Feb. 19, 2023. (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz/Xinhua)

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(SP)POLAND-TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI-SPEED SKATING-ISU WORLD CUP

(230220) -- TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Feb. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Horikawa Momoka (C) of Japan, silver medalist Valerie Maltais (L) of Canada and bronze medalist Ivanie Blondin of Canada celebrate during the awarding ceremony of women's mass start at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, Feb. 19, 2023. (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz/Xinhua)

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Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Momoka Horikawa celebrates after winning the women's 5,000-meter event at the speed skating national championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at YS Arena Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a national record of 7 minutes, 1.52 seconds.

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Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Momoka Horikawa competes en route to winning the women's 5,000-meter event at the speed skating national championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at YS Arena Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a national record of 7 minutes, 1.52 seconds.

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Speed skating: Japan national c'ships

Momoka Horikawa competes en route to winning the women's 5,000-meter event at the speed skating national championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at YS Arena Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a national record of 7 minutes, 1.52 seconds.

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, March 10 Kyodo - Alpine skier Momoka Muraoka of Japan competes in the women's sitting downhill event at the Pyeongchang Winter Paraympics in South Korea on March 10, 2018. She won silver.

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Paralympic athletes visit mayor in Saitama Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Abe (L) and Momoka Muraoka (R), the oldest and youngest athletes on Japan's Sochi Paralympic Games team, shake hands with Fukaya Mayor Susumu Kojima during their visit to the Fukaya city hall in Saitama Prefecture on Jan. 23, 2014. Abe, 42, and Muraoka, 16, are both residents of the eastern Japan city. The two will compete in alpine skiing events at the Sochi games in March.

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Samba dancers cheer tsunami survivors

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Children dance with samba dancers near an evacuation center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. Tsunami survivors watched a dance show by a samba team who came to the tsunami-hit area from Saitama Prefecture. Momoka Furuchi, a middle school student, said ''It was my first time dancing samba; I was thrilled. I haven't had this much fun in a while.''

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN'SWOMEN'S SLALOM-SITTING(CN)

(220312) -- BEIJING, March 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Muraoka Momoka of Japan competes during para alpine skiing women's slalom sitting of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM-AWARDING CEREMONY(CN)

(220311) -- BEIJING, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Muraoka Momoka of Japan reacts during the awarding ceremony for the Para Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom Sitting event of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Yanqing Medals Plaza in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM-AWARDING CEREMONY(CN)

(220311) -- BEIJING, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold Medalist Muraoka Momoka (C) of Japan, silver medalist Liu Sitong (L) of China and bronze medalist Zhang Wenjing of China react during the awarding ceremony for the Para Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom Sitting event of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Yanqing Medals Plaza in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)

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Beijing Paralympics: Alpine Skiing

Momoka Muraoka of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the women's giant slalom sitting at the Beijing Winter Paralympics on March 11, 2022, at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in the Yanqing competition zone.

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Beijing Paralympics: Alpine Skiing

Momoka Muraoka of Japan celebrates after winning gold in the women's giant slalom sitting at the Beijing Winter Paralympics on March 11, 2022, at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in the Yanqing competition zone.

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM-SITTING (CN)

(220311) -- BEIJING, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Muraoka Momoka of Japan reacts after the para alpine skiing women's giant slalom sitting of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM-SITTING (CN)

(220311) -- BEIJING, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Muraoka Momoka of Japan competes during the para alpine skiing women's giant slalom sitting of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM-SITTING (CN)

(220311) -- BEIJING, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Muraoka Momoka of Japan competes during the para alpine skiing women's giant slalom sitting of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM-SITTING (CN)

(220311) -- BEIJING, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Muraoka Momoka of Japan reacts after the para alpine skiing women's giant slalom sitting of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)