is a retired Japanese long-distance runner. Her first and only international medal came at the

1997 Summer Universiade The 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, took place in the island of Sicily, Italy. Venues * Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania — athletics, ceremony (opening) * Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania — fencing * PalaSan ...

where she took the bronze in the

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. She won the

Kobe Women's Half Marathon 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, which ...

in 2001, setting a personal best time of 1:08:54 for the event.Larner, Brett (2009-011-26)
Kobe Women's Half Marathon

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. Retrieved on 2010-03-01. Her greatest achievements came in 2002 when she won the Fukuoka International Cross Country and went on to finish in fourth in the long race at the

2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 23/24, 2002. The races were held at the Leopardstown Racecourse, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, near Dublin, Ireland. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', ...

. She also won the

Chiba International Cross Country The Chiba International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition which takes place in Chiba, Japan in mid-February. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying events for the IAAF World Cross Country Champio ...

competition in 2005.

Achievements

Personal bests

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- 15:20.58 min (2002) *

- 31:32.10 min (2003) * Half marathon - 1:08:54 hrs (2001)

References

* 1978 births Living people Japanese female long-distance runners Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub