is a Japanese athlete who specialises in long-distance events. She represented her country at the

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and 2011 World Championships. In addition, she won a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 4:17.41 (Yokohama 2003) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

– 8:56.89 (Rovereto 2006) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

– 15:15.34 (Nobeoka 2007) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

– 31:34.35 (Palo Alto 2011) * 15 kilometres – 50:59 (Miyazaki 2007) * 20 kilometres – 1:08:01 (Miyazaki 2007) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

– 1:11:35 (Miyazaki 2007)

References

1983 births Living people Athletes from Shimane Prefecture Japanese female long-distance runners Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub