Tabuchi sets Japanese 800m record and Asian 1500m mark at short-course nationals
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At the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships, Kaito Tabuchi won the men’s 1500m freestyle with a 7:32.76 split through 800m, a new Japanese national record below Shogo Takeda’s 7:33.78 from 2022. He also set a new Asian 1500m standard, cutting more than nine seconds off Kazushi Imafuku’s 14:23.26 from 2025, and ranks seventh all-time over 1500m short course. Tabuchi took silver in the 800m and 1500m at the 2026 Asian Games.
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