An Olympic Life: Hashimoto Seiko on Gender Equality in Japan and Realizing the Tokyo Games

Prime Minister Mori Yoshirō holds Hashimoto’s one-month-old daughter Seika in June 2000. Hashimoto, who herself was named in honor of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, chose the name (meaning “Olympic flame”) in tribute to the Sydney Games held that year. (© Cabinet Office/ Jiji)

Hashimoto shows off her Olympic speed skating bronze medal in Albertville, France, in February 1992. (© Jiji)