is a retired Japanese athlete who competed in the long-distance events. She represented her country at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, as well as three World Championships. She also took part in nine editions of

World Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...

Competition record

Personal bests

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 9:11.70 (Tokyo 1994) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

– 15:22.64 (Osaka 1999) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

– 31:27.57 (Sendai 1998) * 20 kilometres – 1:06:58 (Berlin 2002) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu ...

– 1:11:18 (Sendai 2001)

References

1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Miyagi Prefecture Japanese female long-distance runners Japanese female cross country runners Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Asian Cross Country Championships winners 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub