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She has been active as a top Japanese athlete since her junior days, winning the first section of the All Japan High School Ekiden for three consecutive years. After competing in the 2012 London Olympics (5000m) and placing 5th in the 10,000m at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, she retired from competition in 2014. After working as a company employee, she returned to racing in 2018. After competing in the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, her first world championships in about six years, she set a Japanese half marathon record in January 2020, the second-best Japanese record in the 5000m in September (at the time), and the Japanese 10,000m record in December of the same year, earning her a place at the Tokyo Olympics in the 10,000m. In 2023, she set a time of 2 hours 19 minutes 24 seconds (second-best Japanese record at the time) at the Houston Marathon.She is currently training hard to break the Japanese marathon record.

Competition results

2003-2005	High School Ekiden 1st Section Award	(Okayama, Kojokan High School)
2012	Japan Championships 5000m Winner
2013,2020	Japan Championships Winner 10,000m
2011	World Championships Japan representative 5000m
2013,2019	World Championships Japan representative 10,000m
2012	London Olympics Japan representative 5000m, 10000m
2021	Tokyo Olympics Japan representative 10,000m
2022	Oregon World Championship Marathon Japan representative
2023	Houston Marathon Winner

Japan’s all-time record

5000m	14’55″83	(4th best in Japan)
10,000 meters	30’20″44	(Japanese record)
Half marathon	1:06’38	(Japanese record)
Marathon	2:19’24	(3rd best in Japan)