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Takahisa Ide

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
Alma Mater:
Tenri
Year at GCU:
2024-25: 13th season

Takahisa Ide enters his 13^th season as an assistant coach for GCU’s swimming program in 2024-25.

The Lopes accomplished second in the WAC for two straight years, something that had never been accomplished prior to last season.

In his 11th season, Ide assisted in coaching the Lopes to their best combine finish in program history where the Lopes finished second in both the men's and women's Western Athletic Conference Championships. At the conference championships, the Lopes accounted for two WAC records, six team records, eighteen NCAA B Cuts, thirty podium finishes, twelve gold medals, eleven silver medals, seven bronze medals, 138 personal best times.

Ide is an excellent stroke technician and student of the science of the sport. He has written and presented research containing a variety of topics as a student of the science of the sport.

In 2016, Ide attended the International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS) conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He presented three articles entitled “Effects of Straight Knee Butterfly Kick in Men's 50 Meter Butterfly Performance: The Case Study Using the FINA World Record Holder and Asian Record Holder”, “The Straightness Knee Butterfly Kick Needs Slower Kick Speed During Butterfly Swimming” and “The Straightness Backstroke Kick Makes Fast Speed and Increased Lactate Acid”.

In 2014, he was invited to present a paper entitled “The Effect of Leg Straightness on Lactate Production and Performance in Butterfly: A Case Study Using the Men’s Asian Record Holder” at the International Convention on Science, Education, and Medicine in Sport in Glasgow, Scotland. In addition, Ide is working on completing his Ph.D. in exercise science.

Ide develops the Lopes swimmers by bringing insight into the technical aspects of a variety of swimming movements.

In addition, he is also a very accomplished coach. Ide coached Noriko Inada who placed third at the 2012 Japanese Olympic trials, swimming a lifetime best 1:00.54 in the 100 backstroke and just missing making her fourth trip to the Olympics at age 33. Ide has coached swimmers from numerous countries to 10 national records and one U.S. Open Championship. Additionally, he has led swimmers under his tutelage to seven Asian records, seven Japanese national records, and one Ecuador national record.

Ide came to Phoenix 23 years ago as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Swim Club where he coached the Gold Group and Masters team. Originally from Osaka, Japan, Ide attended Tenri University and was the captain of the swim team his senior season.