is a Japanese

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who has been

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

of the

Japan women's national handball team The Japan women's national handball team is the national handball team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Handball Association. Results Summer Olympics *1976 – 5th *2020 – 12th World Championship *1962 – 9th *1965 – 7th *1971 – 9th ...

. She is currently playing for the Japanese club of Osaka Lovvits. She was listed among the top ten goalscorers at the

2009 World Women's Handball Championship The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition, second to take place outside Europe, of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). P ...

in China.

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* * * Living people 1985 births Japanese female handball players Asian Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese sportswomen 20th-century Japanese women Olympic handball players for Japan {{Japan-handball-bio-stub