Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga Ōshū, Iwate, ta halarci makarantar sakandare a lardin Iwate kuma ta fara gudu a can. Ta sami zaɓi na ƙasa da ƙasa don Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2000 IAAF
kuma ya kasance mafi kyawun 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.