Natsumi Hoshi

Nationalteam Japan

Born (1990-08-21) August 21, 1990 (age 34)
Saitama, Japan^[1]

Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)^[2]

Weight54 kg (119 lb)^[3]

Natsumi Hoshi

Hoshi in 2012
Personal information
National team	Japan
Born	(1990-08-21) August 21, 1990 (age 34) Saitama, Japan[1]
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)[3]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Mizuno[4]
Coach	Yoshikatsu Harada[1] Norimasa Hirai (national)[4]
Medal record Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2012 London 200 m butterfly 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m butterfly World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 200 m butterfly Pan Pacific Championships 2014 Gold Coast 200 m butterfly Asian Games 2014 Incheon 4×100 m medley 2010 Guangzhou 200 m butterfly 2014 Incheon 200 m butterfly

Natsumi Hoshi (星 奈津美, Hoshi Natsumi; born August 21, 1990) is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the 200-meter butterfly.^[1] In this event she won the world title in 2015 and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.^[2]

Hoshi studied sports science at Waseda University in Tokyo, and enjoys shopping in her spare time.^[1] In 2006, she showed symptoms of Graves' disease, a condition that results in an overactive thyroid and frequent fatigue. Her thyroid gland was removed in November 2014, and in January 2015 she returned to competitions. Earlier in 2011 she was named Best Athlete of the Year by the Saitama Swimming Federation.^[4]