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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 The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a 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 wheelchair div ...

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cross-country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ...

. She won the silver medal in the junior race at the 1993 Asian Cross Country Championships. At the 1994 World Cross Country Championships she finished eighteenth in the junior race, and won a bronze medal in the team competition. At the 1995 World Cross Country Championships she finished twentieth in the senior race and ended fourth in the team competition. She finished fifth at the 1996 World Half Marathon Championships. Her personal best times were 15:47.3 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Nishinomiya; 32:18.10 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in May 1995 in

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

; and 1:09:47 hours in the half marathon, achieved in July 1996 in Sapporo.World women's all-time best half marathon
(last updated 2001)

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1975 births Living people Japanese female long-distance runners Japanese female marathon runners Japanese female cross country runners {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub