is a former

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ese

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player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Tomei had a career for twelve years. She played for

Iga FC Kunoichi , is a women's football team which plays in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. As the strongest women's club in the Tōkai region, it has made a niche for itself against the more resourceful powers of the Kanto, NTV Beleza, and Kansai, ...

(formerly ''Prima Ham FC Kunoichi'') from 1988 to 2000. The club won L.League championship in

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

and

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

. She was also selected Best Eleven 5 times (

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

and

National team career

In December 1993, Tomei was selected Japan national team for 1993 AFC Championship. At this competition, on 6 December, she debuted against

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. She also played at

1998 Asian Games The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games () and the XIII Asiad,, or simply Bangkok 1998 (), were an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and di ...

and 1997 AFC Championship. She was a member of Japan for

, 1999 World Cup and

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. She played 43 games and scored 6 goals for Japan until 1999.Japan Football Association
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National team statistics

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* * * * 1972 births Living people Tenri University alumni Association football people from Gifu Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Iga FC Kunoichi players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers for Japan Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Women's association football defenders Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Sportspeople from Gifu {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub