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Emi Takanabe (高鍋 絵美 Takanabe Emi born September 20 1985 in Kama Fukuoka) is a Japanese swimmer who specialized in freestyle events. She is a student at National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya Kagoshima.Takanabe qualified as a member of the Japanese team for the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by placing third in the same distance from the Olympic trials in Tokyo (2:01.39).