Sayoko Kawauchi

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Sayoko Kawauchi (川内紗代子, Kawauchi Sayoko^?, born October 24, 1978 in Fukuoka) is an athlete from Japan. She competes in archery.

Kawauchi represented Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 53rd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 601. In the first round of elimination, she faced 12th-ranked Nataliya Burdeyna of Ukraine. Kawauchi defeated Burdeyna, winning 137-129 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced Alison Williamson of Great Britain, losing to the 21st-ranked and eventual bronze medalist archer 154-150 in the regulation 18 arrows. Kawauchi finished 26th in women's individual archery.

Kawauchi was also a member of the 14th-place Japanese women's archery team.