Motoka Arai

Motoka Arai (新井 初佳, Arai Motoka, born 16 June 1974 in Kobe) is a Japanese retired sprinter. She competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships, the 100 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships and the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships.[4] She was a seven-time national champion in the 100 metres and a six-time national champion in the 200 metres at the Japanese Championships. She is the former Japanese record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and the current Japanese record holder in the indoor 200 metres.

Motoka Arai
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born16 June 1974 (1974-06-16) (age 46)
Kobe, Japan[1]
Alma materKonan University
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Sprints
RetiredSeptember 2008[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60 m: 7.54 (1999)

100 m: 11.39 (2004)

200 m: 23.46 (1999)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
1998 Fukuoka4×100 m relay
2003 Manila4×100 m relay
East Asian Games
1997 Busan4×100 m relay
1997 Busan4×400 m relay
2001 Osaka4×100 m relay
1997 Busan200 m

She married Japanese sprinter Shigeyuki Kojima in February 2004.[5] She changed her name to Motoka Kojima, but she reverted to her original name.

Personal bests
Event Time (s) Competition Venue Date Notes
60 m 7.54 (Indoor) World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 7 March 1999
100 m 11.39 (wind: +1.1 m/s) National Championships Tottori, Japan 4 June 2004
11.31 (wind: +3.7 m/s) National Championships Tokyo, Japan 9 June 2001 Wind-assisted
200 m 23.46 (wind: 0.0 m/s) National Sports Festival Kumamoto, Japan 26 October 1999 Former NR
23.22 (wind: +2.2 m/s) National Championships Shizuoka, Japan 3 October 1999 Wind-assisted
24.11 (Indoor) Japan-China Indoor Match Yokohama, Japan 26 February 2000 Current NIR

International competition
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
Representing  Japan
1997 East Asian Games Busan, South Korea 3rd 200 m 24.09 (wind: +3.4 m/s)
2nd 4×100 m relay 45.16 (relay leg: 4th)
2nd 4×400 m relay 3:36.60 (relay leg: 2nd)
World Championships Athens, Greece 15th (sf) 4×100 m relay 44.56 (relay leg: 4th)
1998 Asian Championships Fukuoka, Japan 4th 100 m 11.74 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
5th 200 m 23.67 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
2nd 4×100 m relay 44.45 (relay leg: 4th)
Asian Games Bangkok, Thailand 5th 100 m 11.59 (wind: +2.3 m/s)
6th 200 m 23.58 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
5th 4×100 m relay 44.80 (relay leg: 2nd)
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 26th (h) 60 m 7.54
— (h) 200 m DNS
World Championships Seville, Spain 37th (h) 100 m 11.64 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
14th (h) 4×100 m relay 44.80 (relay leg: 2nd)
2000 Asian Championships Jakarta, Indonesia 7th 100 m 11.78 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
5th 4×100 m relay 45.26 (relay leg: 2nd)
2001 East Asian Games Osaka, Japan 4th 200 m 23.69 (wind: -2.4 m/s)
2nd 4×100 m relay 44.24 (relay leg: 2nd)
2002 Asian Games Busan, South Korea 9th (h) 100 m 11.70 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
6th 200 m 23.91 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
4th 4×100 m relay 44.59 (relay leg: 2nd)
2003 World Championships Paris, France 15th (h) 4×100 m relay 44.57 (relay leg: 4th)
Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 2nd 4×100 m relay 44.56 (relay leg: 1st)

National titles
  • Japanese Championships
    • 100 m: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
    • 200 m: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

References
  1. "Athlete Interview". CramerJapan (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 July 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. "かつての短距離女王 小島初佳が引退". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 28 September 2008. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. "Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  5. "陸上の小島と新井が結婚". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 12 March 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2020.


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