is a Japanese competitive swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 200 metre butterfly. He won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 200 metre butterfly event.

Career 2018–2019 In August 2018, when Honda was 16 years old, he won the bronze medal in the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 1:58.70 and a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay with a final time of 3:41.95 at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Suva, Fiji."2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". Fiji Swimming. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2022. The following year, at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in August at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, he won the silver medal in the 200 metre butterfly with a final mark of 1:55.31, sharing the podium with gold medalist Luca Urlando of the United States and bronze medalist Federico Burdisso of Italy.FINA (25 August 2019). "7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

2021–2022 Leading up to the 2020 Olympic Games, in April 2021 in Tokyo, Honda was one of two male swimmers to make the Japan Olympic Team in the 200 metre butterfly.Agence France-Presse (6 April 2021). "'Rowdy' Honda bests Seto at Japan's Olympic swim trials". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 January 2023. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in the summer of 2021 in Tokyo, he finished second in the final of the 200 metre butterfly to win the silver medal with a time of 1:53.73, which was 2.48 seconds behind gold medalist Kristóf Milák of Hungary and 0.72 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Federico Burdisso."Olympics:Japan's Tomoru Honda motors to shock silver in men's 200 butterfly". Kyodo News. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022. The following summer, at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, he won the bronze medal in the 200 metre butterfly, this time finishing behind gold medalist Kristóf Milák and silver medalist Léon Marchand of France with a time of 1:53.61.FINA (21 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 June 2022."China bags two gold medals on Day 4 of FINA Worlds". China Internet Information Center. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023. Three days earlier in the Championships, he finished in a time of 4:12.20 in the final of the 400 metre individual medley to place seventh.FINA (18 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 400m Individual Medley Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 1 January 2023. On 22 October 2022, he won the gold medal in the short course 200 metre butterfly at the 64th edition of Japan's National Short Course Championships, held in Tokyo, with a world record time of 1:46.85.EFE (22 October 2022). "Honda smashes Men's 200m butterfly world record". Diario AS. Retrieved 31 December 2022.Pérez, Marta (22 October 2022). "Tomoru Honda pulveriza el récord del mundo de 200 mariposa en piscina corta" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 1 January 2023."El japonés Honda fija nuevo récord del mundo de 200 mariposa en piscina corta" (in Spanish). Infobae. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

2023 At the Japan Swim 2023, held in April in Tokyo, Honda won the silver medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a personal best time of 4:10.37."Japan Swim 2023: Results Summary Men 400m Individual Medley Final". Seiko. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. Two days later, on the third morning, he ranked first in the preliminaries of the 200 metre butterfly with a 1:54.43 and qualified for the final."Japan Swim 2023: Results Summary Men 200m Butterfly Heats". Seiko. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023. In the evening, he won the gold medal with a 2023 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Asian Games qualifying and personal best time of 1:53.34."Japan Swim 2023: Results Summary Men 200m Butterfly Final". Seiko. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.Shintaro, Kano (6 April 2023). "Japan Swim 2023: All results and medals from Japanese swimming national championships – complete list". Olympics.com. Retrieved 6 April 2023. The fifth morning, he finished in a time of 52.02 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 metre butterfly, ranking fourth overall and qualifying for the final."Japan Swim 2023: Results Summary Men 100m Butterfly Heats". Seiko. 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023. He equalled his time of 52.02 seconds in the final, placing fifth."Japan Swim 2023: Results Summary Men 100m Butterfly Final". Seiko. 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

International championships Meet100 fly200 fly200 medley400 medley4×100 free4×100 medley4×100 mixed free4×100 mixed medley Junior level PACJ 2018 5th 23rd 2nd (b) WJC 2019 11th 5th 12th 11th 12th 5th Senior level OG 2020 WC 2022 7th

Personal best times Long course metres (50 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Ref 100 m butterfly 51.69 2022 Japan International Team Trials Tokyo 5 March 2022 200 m butterfly 1:53.34 2023 Japan Swim Tokyo 6 April 2023 400 m individual medley 4:10.37 2023 Japan Swim Tokyo 4 April 2023

Short course metres (25 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Notes Ref 100 m butterfly 51.95 2020 Japan Short Course Championships Japan 18 October 2020 200 m butterfly 1:46.85 2022 Japan Short Course Championships Tokyo 22 October 2022 WR 200 m individual medley 1:51.97 2022 Japan Short Course Championships Tokyo 23 October 2022

World records Short course metres (25 m pool) No. Event Time Meet Location Date Age Status 1 200 m butterfly 1:46.85 64th Japan Short Course Championships Tokyo 22 October 2022 20 Current

Personal life Honda was born in Yokohama. In August 2026, Honda was indicted for dangerous driving resulting in an injury, and he admitted to the charges. He received a three-year-suspended sentence of one year in prison.

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