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(1)Takahashi to part ways with coach Koide

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi smiles as her coach Yoshio Koide speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. Takahashi said she will part company with Koide and continue her running career without a trainer.

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(2)Takahashi to part ways with coach Koide

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi and her longtime coach Yoshio Koide pose at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. Takahashi said she will part company with Koide and continue her running career without a trainer.

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(3)Takahashi upstaged at Tokyo marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Naoko Takahashi (C) poses with her coach Yoshio Koide (L) and Paula Radcliffe 'R), the holder of the marathon world record holder, after finishing in second at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon on Nov. 16.

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Olympic champion Takahashi joins Skynet Asia Airways team

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Naoko Takahashi (L), gold medalist in the Sydney Olympics women's marathon event, smiles at a press conference in Miyazaki on June 16. She said she will join the Skynet Asia Airways team on a two-year sponsorship deal. At left is her coach Yoshio Koide.

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Takahashi eyes joining SkyNet Asia Airways team

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (file photo) is close to joining the SkyNet Asia Airways team, marathon sources said June 5. Takahashi left the Sekisui Chemical athletics team in February after the departure of her coach Yoshio Koide.

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Takahashi to start training with Koide

HANEDA, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (L) prepares to leave Tokyo's Haneda airport Feb. 3 with her longtime coach Yoshio Koide (R) for Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, to start training for the Olympic Games in Athens.

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Olympic champ Takahashi to leave Sekisui Chemical team

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi said in Tokyo on Jan. 30 she will leave the Sekisui Chemical athletics team at the end of February and move to Sakura Athlete Club to continue to train with her longtime coach Yoshio Koide. Sakura club was founded by Koide two years ago in Chiba Prefecture.

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Marathon coach Koide to leave Sekisui Chemical team

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Koide, who coached Naoko Takahashi to the women's marathon gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, tells a news conference Dec. 25 he will leave the Sekisui Chemical athletics club at the end of December. Koide said he has yet to discuss the future of his relationship with Takahashi.

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Olympic champ Takahashi speaks on Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Sydney Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi smiles during a press conference she gave in Berlin on Sept. 26. She is to run in the Berlin marathon on Sept. 29. Seated to her right is her coach Yoshio Koide.

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Olympic champ Takahashi discharged from hospital

NARITA, Japan - Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi is greeted by her manager Yoshio Koide on being released from a Chiba hospital Dec. 11 after recovering from intestinal problems.

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(2)Olympic champ Takahashi sets world record in Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Naoko Takahashi of Japan (R) and her coach Yoshio Koide celebrate after Takahashi won the Berlin marathon on Sept. 30 with a world record 2:19:46.

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Takahashi commended with People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympics gold medalist Naoko Takahashi (L) with a diploma of the People's Honor Award in her hands poses for a photo along with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and her coach Yoshio Koide at the prime minister's official residence on Oct. 30. Takahashi won the women's marathon in the Sydney Games, becoming the first Japanese to win a gold medal in an Olympic athletics event since 1936.

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Olympic women's marathon winner Takahashi returns home

NARITA, Japan - Sydney Olympic women's marathon winner Naoko Takahashi (L) shows off her gold medal at Narita airport Oct. 2 after flying back from Sydney with her coach Yoshio Koide (R). Takahashi won the women's marathon on Sept. 24 in an Olympic best time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 14 seconds to capture Japan's first gold medal in athletics since the 1936 Berlin Games.

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Marathon winner Takahashi shows off her gold medal

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Naoko Takahashi (L) holds up her gold medal at a press conference Sept. 25, the day after she won the women's marathon event at the Sydney Olympics in an Olympic best time of 2:23:14. To her right is her coach, Yoshio Koide. Takahashi became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics.

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(1)Takahashi to part ways with coach Koide

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi smiles as her coach Yoshio Koide speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. Takahashi said she will part company with Koide and continue her running career without a trainer. (Kyodo)

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(2)Takahashi to part ways with coach Koide

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi and her longtime coach Yoshio Koide pose at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. Takahashi said she will part company with Koide and continue her running career without a trainer. (Kyodo)

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Marathon coach Koide to leave Sekisui Chemical team

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Koide, who coached Naoko Takahashi to the women's marathon gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, tells a news conference Dec. 25 he will leave the Sekisui Chemical athletics club at the end of December. Koide said he has yet to discuss the future of his relationship with Takahashi. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champion Takahashi joins Skynet Asia Airways team

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Naoko Takahashi (L), gold medalist in the Sydney Olympics women's marathon event, smiles at a press conference in Miyazaki on June 16. She said she will join the Skynet Asia Airways team on a two-year sponsorship deal. At left is her coach Yoshio Koide. (Kyodo)

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(2)Olympic champ Takahashi sets world record in Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Naoko Takahashi of Japan (R) and her coach Yoshio Koide celebrate after Takahashi won the Berlin marathon on Sept. 30 with a world record 2:19:46.

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Renowned Japanese marathon coach Koide dies

File photo taken on Sept. 24, 2000 shows Japanese marathon runner Naoko Takahashi congratulated by her coach Yoshio Koide after winning the race at the Sydney Olympics. The renowned marathon coach died at 80 on April 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned Japanese marathon coach Koide dies

File photo taken on Sept. 24, 2000 shows Japanese marathon runner Naoko Takahashi and her coach Yoshio Koide showing her gold medal after she won the race at the Sydney Olympics earlier in the day. The renowned long-distance running coach died at 80 on April 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned Japanese marathon coach Koide dies

Photo taken in November 2012 shows renowned Japanese long-distance running coach Yoshio Koide, who died at 80 on April 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned Japanese marathon coach Koide dies

File photo taken on Aug. 1, 1992, shows Japanese marathon runner Yuko Arimori attending a press conference together with her coach Yoshio Koide after taking silver in the event at the Barcelona Olympics earlier in the day. The renowned long-distance running coach died at 80 on April 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)Takahashi upstaged at Tokyo marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Naoko Takahashi (C) poses with her coach Yoshio Koide (L) and Paula Radcliffe 'R), the holder of the marathon world record holder, after finishing in second at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon on Nov. 16. (Kyodo)

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Takahashi eyes joining SkyNet Asia Airways team

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (file photo) is close to joining the SkyNet Asia Airways team, marathon sources said June 5. Takahashi left the Sekisui Chemical athletics team in February after the departure of her coach Yoshio Koide. (Kyodo)

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Takahashi to start training with Koide

HANEDA, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (L) prepares to leave Tokyo's Haneda airport Feb. 3 with her longtime coach Yoshio Koide (R) for Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, to start training for the Olympic Games in Athens. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Takahashi to leave Sekisui Chemical team

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi said in Tokyo on Jan. 30 she will leave the Sekisui Chemical athletics team at the end of February and move to Sakura Athlete Club to continue to train with her longtime coach Yoshio Koide. Sakura club was founded by Koide two years ago in Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Takahashi speaks on Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Sydney Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi smiles during a press conference she gave in Berlin on Sept. 26. She is to run in the Berlin marathon on Sept. 29. Seated to her right is her coach Yoshio Koide. (Kyodo)

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Takahashi commended with People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympics gold medalist Naoko Takahashi (L) with a diploma of the People's Honor Award in her hands poses for a photo along with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and her coach Yoshio Koide at the prime minister's official residence on Oct. 30. Takahashi won the women's marathon in the Sydney Games, becoming the first Japanese to win a gold medal in an Olympic athletics event since 1936.

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Olympic women's marathon winner Takahashi returns home

NARITA, Japan - Sydney Olympic women's marathon winner Naoko Takahashi (L) shows off her gold medal at Narita airport Oct. 2 after flying back from Sydney with her coach Yoshio Koide (R). Takahashi won the women's marathon on Sept. 24 in an Olympic best time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 14 seconds to capture Japan's first gold medal in athletics since the 1936 Berlin Games.

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Marathon winner Takahashi shows off her gold medal

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Naoko Takahashi (L) holds up her gold medal at a press conference Sept. 25, the day after she won the women's marathon event at the Sydney Olympics in an Olympic best time of 2:23:14. To her right is her coach, Yoshio Koide. Takahashi became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics.