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

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

and the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

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* 1981 births Living people Japanese female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Japan Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Hokkaido Speed skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 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