Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: aimbova mumhanyi wokuJapan anotamba mutambo wokutamba pamhepo. Akakunda zita renyika yeJapan mumwaka wa1978-79 uye akakwikwidza kumaOlympics maviri echando, achiisa 11th muna 1976 (Innsbruck) uye 8th muna 1980 (Lake Placid, New York). Akaonekawo paMakwikwi Enyika manomwe, achiwana mugumisiro wake wakanakisisa, 6th, pa
1980 Worlds muDortmund. Pashure pokurega kukwikwidza, akava murairidzi.