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'' (born February 22, 1946) is a Japanese

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

coach and former competitor. She is the 1968

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champion and a two-time (1966, 1967) Japan national champion. She represented Japan twice at the Winter Olympics, in

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

and

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

. Her best finish at the World Championships was 5th, which she obtained in

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

and

. After retiring from competition, she became one of the more successful coaches in Japan. She is married to

Nobuo Sato Nobuo (written: , , , , , in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine, Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese basketball player *Nobuo Fujita (1911–1997), Warrant Flying Officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy *, J ...

, with whom she has a daughter,

Yuka Sato is a Japanese former competitive figure skater and choreographer. She is the 1994 World champion, the 1990 World Junior champion and the 1993 & 1994 Japanese national champion. She placed 7th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 1994 ...

. As of 2011, the couple live near

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...

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* 1946 births Living people Japanese female single skaters Olympic figure skaters of Japan Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Japanese figure skating coaches Sportspeople from Osaka Female sports coaches Kansai University alumni Universiade medalists in figure skating Universiade gold medalists for Japan Universiade silver medalists for Japan Competitors at the 1966 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1968 Winter Universiade {{Japan-figure-skating-bio-stub