is a Japanese

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...

. She competed at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

and the

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

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* 1979 births Living people Japanese female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Obihiro Speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan 21st-century Japanese sportswomen 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub