Cika wannan jumla: Takanabe ya yi gasa a matsayin memba na tawagar Japan a gasar
4 × 200 m freestyle relay a Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2008 a Beijing. Duk da rasa wurin mutum a cikin mita 200 na 'yanci, ta yi nasarar zama ta uku a gwajin wasannin Olympic a Tokyo (2:01.39) don samun cikakken zaɓi a cikin tawagar relay. Haɗuwa da Haruka Ueda, Maki Mita, da Misaki Yamaguchi, Takanabe ya rufe tseren tare da raba 2:01.83, amma dole ne ƙungiyar Japan ta gamsu da matsayi na bakwai a 7:57.56.