Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Sano akava shasha yenyika yeJapan kekutanga mumwaka wa1972-73. Muna 1973 na1974, akamira pachikuva paSkate Canada International uye Prize yeMoscow News. Akamirira Japan pa 1976 Winter Olympics muInnsbruck, Austria uye akapedza wechipfumbamwe. Mwaka wakatevera, akahwina zita rake rechishanu renyika rakateedzana uye akaenderera mberi kuhwina bronze pa1977 World Championships
muTokyo. Yakanga iri nguva yokutanga kuti mumiriri weJapan akamira papuratifomu yenyika mumutambo upi noupi wokusvetuka kwomufananidzo. Japan yaisazokunda imwe menduru yenyika muvarume vasina kuroora kusvika 2002 (bronze raTakeshi Honda).