is a Japanese

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...

. She competed at the

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and the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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* 1971 births Living people Japanese female short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for Japan Short-track speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Fukuoka (city) Asian Games medalists in short-track speed skating Short-track speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan 21st-century Japanese sportswomen 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub