Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa muTakasaki, Gunma, akapinda Sendai Ikue High School <unk> chikoro chinozivikanwa nepurogiramu yacho yemitambo. Kinukawa akaita kukanganisa kwake kwekutanga padunhu renyika junior muna 2006, paakakunda mujaho wechidiki kuFukuoka International Cross Country uye akahwina runner-up kuChiba Cross Country masvondo maviri gare gare. Izvi zvakamuita kuti atange kusarudzwa pamakwikwi enyika dzakawanda
2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (yakaitirwawo muFukuoka), uko ane makore gumi nematanhatu ekuberekwa akauya munzvimbo yegumi nemana uye akabatsira vasikana veJapan kumenduru yebronze yechikwata. Achitendeukira kunzira gare gare muna Kubvumbi, akamhanya rekodhi yenyika yechidiki mumamita zviuru gumi paHyogo Relay Carnival, achiisa wechipiri kumashure kwaLucy Wangui aine mucherechedzo wemaminetsi makumi matatu nemashanu nemakumi maviri neshanu <unk> achimusimudza kusvika pagumi nerimwe pane ese-nguva junior rankings.