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 in the women's 500 metres at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

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1979 births Living people Japanese female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan University of Tsukuba alumni Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub