27 Facts About Daiya Seto

Daiya Seto is a Japanese professional swimmer who specializes in individual medley, butterfly, breaststroke, and freestyle events.

Daiya Seto holds the world record in the short course 400-metre individual medley and formerly held the world record in the short course 200-metre butterfly.

Daiya Seto won the gold medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 2012,2014,2016,2018,2021, and 2022 world short course championships, as well as at the 2013,2015, and 2019 world long course championships.

Daiya Seto narrowly missed the 2012 Japan Olympic Team when he finished third in both the 200-metre and 400-metre individual medley events at the national selection meet.

Daiya Seto improved his times at the 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup, where he competed at all stops of the World Cup circuit and achieved a fourth-place finish across all stops.

Daiya Seto concluded the year's short course season at the 2012 World Short Course Championships.

Daiya Seto first competed in the 400-metre individual medley, where he won his first world title in a new Asian record of 3:59.12, over a second and a half faster than second-place finisher Laszlo Cseh.

Daiya Seto then competed in the 200-metre individual medley, where he was able to sprint past Cseh for the silver medal in a time of 1:52.80.

Daiya Seto was still coming into the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, relatively unknown.

Daiya Seto became the second-fastest Asian performer in the event, behind Hagino, with his time.

Daiya Seto successfully defended his world title in the 400-metre individual medley on the last day of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia.

Daiya Seto earned a bronze medal in the 400-metre individual medley on 6 August, with a time of 4:09.71 in the final of the event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

At the 2018 World Swimming Championships conducted in short course metres in Hangzhou, China in December, Daiya Seto won the gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly with a time of 1:48.24 that set a new world record in the event.

Daiya Seto was named "Male Asian Swimmer of the Year" by SwimSwam for the 2018 year.

At the final match in Las Vegas, Daiya Seto set a new world record in the 400-metre individual medley with a time of 3:54.81, breaking the former record set by Ryan Lochte of the United States.

At the Beijing, China stop of the 2020 FINA Champions Swim Series in January, Daiya Seto set a new Asian record and Japan national record in the long course 200-metre butterfly with a time of 1:52.53, which put him only behind the world record holder in the event, Kristof Milak of Hungary, and a former world record holder in the event, Michael Phelps of the United States, in terms of global rankings up to that point in time.

Daiya Seto competed in his second Olympic Games at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Daiya Seto finished in fourth place in the 200-metre individual medley final, and did not qualify for 400-metre individual medley final.

At the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Doha, Qatar, Daiya Seto won the highest-scoring overall male award and prize money for the stop with his gold medal wins in the 200-metre breaststroke and 400-metre individual medley on the third and final day of competition in Doha contributing to his overall high score.

Daiya Seto snuck into the final of the 200-metre breaststroke on the last day of competition of the 2021 World Cup circuit, ranking fifth overall with a time of 2:05.83 in the prelims heats.

Daiya Seto ranked ninth for total number of medals won by a male competitor across the circuit, winning only gold medals, that is all eight of his medals were gold medals.

The moment when Daiya Seto set a new World Cup record in the 200-metre individual medley was ranked as the number seven moment from the 2021 Swimming World Cup by FINA.

In December 2021, Daiya Seto was announced as one of two swimmers from Japan to represent the country in competition at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Daiya Seto placed fourth in the final, finishing six-hundredths of a second behind bronze medalist Thomas Ceccon of Italy with a time of 51.46 seconds.

At the 2022 World Short Course Championships, at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia in December, Daiya Seto started off with a fifth-place finish in the 200-metre individual medley on day one with a time of 1:51.39.

Daiya Seto is married to Yuka Mabuchi and has a daughter named Yuwa.

Daiya Seto apologised and resigned from his position as captain of the Japan Olympic Swim Team.