Captain Yoshimi Kawayama
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Captain Kawayama with Mark Sowerby and his support team after Sowerby crossed the Tsugaru Channel on 29 June 2024
Captain Yoshimi Kawayama is a Japanese fisherman and escort pilot in the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On 14 June 2024, he escorted Bárbara Hernández Huerta on a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Kodomari, Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 11 hours 40 minutes to achieve the Oceans Seven.
- On 29 June 2024, he escorted Mark Sowerby on a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Kodomari, Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 10 hours 6 minutes to achieve the Oceans Seven. He started in Kodomari at 4:06 am and finished at 2:12 pm with Tim Denyer as his coach.
- On 4 August 2025, he escorted Bengisu Avci of Turkey who completed a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Aomori Prefecture to Hokkaido in northern Japan in over 14 hours at the age of 28 under the escort of Captain Yoshimi Kawayama, Deputy Captain Norihito Ota, observer Yuka Ito, and observer Toshinori Miyakoshi.
External links
- Bengisu Avci Goes Seven To Complete The Oceans Seven
- “It Was The Hardest Swim Of My Life,” Rob Woodhouse Achieves The Oceans Seven
- With Swimmers Lining Up On Japanese Shores, What About The Predicted Mega Earthquake and Impending Tsunami?
- Oceans Seven Wait Begins For Rob Woodhouse and Gráinne Moss
- Steven Leitch Crosses The Tsugaru Channel On A Rising Tide
- Traffic in Tsugaru, Heading to Hokkaido with Steven Leitch
- Treasuring Time On Tappi
- Mark Sowerby Achieves the Oceans Seven, a 9-Year Journey
- Breaking News: Seismological Shift Sends Swimmer Shifting Along the Surface of Tsugaru
- The Oceans Seven: Anatomy of a Tsugaru Channel Crossing
- Old-School Shark Policy from Decades Ago
- Mark Sowerby Powering Through The World's Oceans]
