is a Japanese

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. She competed at the 1992,

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

and the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

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1972 births Living people Japanese female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Hokkaido Speed skaters at the 1990 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games silver medalists for Japan 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub