Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi has made her debut on the list of Japan's top taxpayer athletes, coming in fourth.
According to the National Tax Agency's list of the nation's top taxpayers in 2001, released Thursday, Takahashi paid 141.47 million yen in income tax.
The Olympic gold medalist is now in the same bracket as the nation's top baseball players, who regularly dominate the list.
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