is a Japanese

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who has played for the

Japan women's national handball team The Japan women's national handball team is the national handball team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Handball Association. Results Summer Olympics *1976 – 5th *2020 – 12th World Championship *1962 – 9th *1965 – 7th *1971 – 9th ...

and plays for Japanese club

Hiroshima Maple Reds Hiroshima Maple Reds is a women's handball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. It plays in the Japan Handball League. The club was founded in 1994 and belonged to IZUMI, a supermarket company in Hiroshima. The club was dissolved in 2001, then reinst ...

. She was listed among the top ten goalscorers at the

2009 World Women's Handball Championship The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition, second to take place outside Europe, of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). C ...

in China, with 48 goals.

References

Living people 1984 births Japanese female handball players Asian Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 2006 Asian Games Handball players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-handball-bio-stub