Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sano akava shasha yenyika yeJapan kwenguva yokutanga mumwaka wa1972<unk>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 mukombe wake wechishanu wenyika akateedzana uye akaenderera mberi kuhwina ndarira pa
1977 Makwikwi Enyika 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).