is a Japanese

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

. She has competed at

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level since the 2011/12 season, with her best individual result being sixth place in

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on 19 February 2016. Representing the Japanese national team, she won a gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2012 Junior World Championships in

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. She also won the first ever women's World Cup team competition in

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on 16 December 2017, with her team-mates Yuki Ito, Yūka Setō, and

Sara Takanashi (born 8 October 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper. She is one of the most successful female ski jumpers to date, as well as one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four World Cup overall titles (an all-time fema ...

."Japan leaps to team crown"
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''. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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* * * * * 1993 births Living people Japanese female ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Japan Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Skiers from Nagano Prefecture 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-skijumping-bio-stub