(born September 11, 1976) is a

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player who played as a catcher. She won the silver medal for

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Japanese softball players Softball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic softball players for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Living people 1976 births Olympic medalists in softball Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in softball Softball players at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women {{japan-softball-bio-stub