Ka cika wannan magana: Daga Ōshū, Iwate, ta halarci makarantar sakandare a Iwate Prefecture kuma ta fara gudu a can. Ta samu zabin kasa da kasa don
2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships kuma shine mafi kyawun wasan ƙungiyar a matsayi na 50 a cikin gajeren tsere. Bayan kammala karatun sakandare, ta shiga ƙungiyar kamfanoni, tana horarwa a ƙarƙashin Yoshio Koide a Sekisui Chemical. Daga baya ta koma gudu don Aruze (yanzu Kamfanin Nishaɗi na Universal). Ta lashe tseren kilomita 3.3 a gasar zakarun mata ta Ekiden ta duk Japan a duka 2000 da 2001.