is a retired

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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marathon runner The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road running, road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also w ...

. She won the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in a time of 2:30:03 hours. In addition she won the

Tokyo International Women's Marathon The Tokyo International Women's Marathon was a marathon for female elite runners held in Tokyo from 1979 until 2008 in November. It was first held in November 1979, and this race was the first women's marathon officially sanctioned by the Inte ...

in 1995 and 1998 and the

Osaka Ladies Marathon The is an annual marathon road race for women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held on the 4th or 5th Sunday of January in the city of Osaka, Japan, and hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Kansai Tel ...

in 1993. Her personal best time was 2:26:10, from January 1994 in Osaka. She finished 17th at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Achievements

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

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1969 births Living people People from Kazuno, Akita Japanese female long-distance runners Japanese female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Japan Olympic female marathon runners Sportspeople from Akita Prefecture World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub