is a former

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ese

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player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Tomei had a career for twelve years.She played for

Iga FC Kunoichi , is a women's football team which plays in Division 1 of Japan, Japan's Nadeshiko League. As the strongest women's club in the Tōkai region, it has made a niche for itself against the more resourceful powers of the Kantō region, Kanto, NTV Bel ...

(formerly ''Prima Ham FC Kunoichi'') from 1988 to 2000. The club won

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championship in

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and

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. She was also selected Best Eleven 5 times (

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and

National team career

In December 1993, Tomei was selected Japan national team for 1993 AFC Championship. At this competition, on 6 December, she debuted against

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. She also played at

1998 Asian Games The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 ...

and 1997 AFC Championship. She was a member of Japan for

, 1999 World Cup and

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. She played 43 games and scored 6 goals for Japan until 1999.Japan Football Association
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National team statistics

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* * * * 1972 births Living people Tenri University alumni Association football people from Gifu Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Iga FC Kunoichi players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers for Japan Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Women's association football defenders Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Sportspeople from Gifu {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub