Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 2006, akahwina mukwikwidzi wokutanga wevakadzi wokuJapan mumakwikwi evanhu vanomhanya vachipfuura nepamusoro uye ndiye aiva mumiririri weAsia mumakwikwi aya pa2006 IAAF World Cup. Akamhanyawo pa
World Cross Country gore iroro, kubuda kwake kwokupedzisira pamakwikwi, uye akapedza ari wechi77. Akadzokorora semukwikwidzi wenyika gore rakatevera uye akamhanya nguva yeJapan rekodhi yemaminitsi 9:38.68 (rekodhi yake yeAsia yakanga yagadziriswa nevatambi veChinese vanoverengeka). Akasarudzwazve kuti apinde muchikwata chenyika pa2007 World Championships in Athletics, yakaitirwa kuOsaka, asi akadonha pakati pemakwikwi uye aifanira kutakurwa achibva panzira. Akava mumiriri wekutanga weJapan mumakwikwi eOlympic mumakwikwi evakadzi e2008 Beijing Olimpiki uye akavandudzawo rekodhi yake yenyika gore iro, achimhanya 9:33.93 maminetsi kuFBK Mitambo. Gore rakatevera, akahwina mumakwikwi e2009 World Championships in Athletics, akahwina runner-up kuna Li Zhenzhu ku2009 East Asian Games.