{{short description|Japanese synchronized swimmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Akane Yanagisawa | national_team = Japan | strokes = Synchronized swimming | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|10|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Saitama Prefecture, Japan | height = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|Free routine combination}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|Team technical routine}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Fukuoka|Team free routine}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Doha|Team free routine}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Budapest|Team free routine}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Fukuoka|Team acrobatic routine}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Akane Yanagisawa'''|栁澤 明希|Yanagisawa Akane|born 8 October 1998}} is a Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming.<ref>{{cite web |title=Akane Yanagisawa |url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1127621/akane-yanagisawa/profile |website=FINA |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref> She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, in the team event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-swimming/athlete-profile-n1315855-yanagisawa-akane.htm |title=Artistic Swimming – Akana Yanagisawa |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728064844/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-swimming/athlete-profile-n1315855-yanagisawa-akane.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
She competed in the 2019 FINA World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yanagisawa Akane |url=https://insidesynchro.org/akane-yanagisawa/ |website=Inside Synchro |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref>
Yanagisawa has also participated in several World Championships. In 2019, she won silver medals in both the women’s team free routine and the women’s free routine combination. In 2022, she continued to excel, securing silver in the women’s team technical routine and free combination, and a bronze in the women’s team free routine (InsideSynchro). In 2023, she earned a silver medal in the women’s team event at the Asian Games, along with additional silver and bronze medals at the World Championships. She also claimed gold and silver medals at World Cup events in Markham and Montpellier (InsideSynchro). As of 2024, Yanagisawa has accumulated 23 medals in major international competitions, including 10 gold, 11 silver, and 2 bronze (World Aquatics). Born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, she began her athletic career in swimming before transitioning to synchronized swimming.<ref>https://www.bint21.cloud/HZ_Info/AG2022-/en/results/artistic-swimming/athlete-profile-n2014517-yanagisawa-akane.htm</ref><ref>https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1127621/akane-yanagisawa/profile</ref><ref>https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/144452</ref>
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