Yoshiko Osaki

Yoshiko Osaki was born March 30, 1938, in Gojyo City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. She was a member of her junior high school athletic club and had a chance to take part in a swimming meet of the Nara Prefecture as a member of a relay team. With this meet as a start and now as a third-year junior high student, she became a member of the school’s swimming club and began a swimming career that never stopped. By the time she entered Gojyo High School and with a few years of swimming background, she began competing on the national and international levels. As a second-year student of high school she participated in the first of three Asian Games, representing Japan.