Occupation
Athlete, Office Worker
Education
Asian Studies - Kokushikan University, Tokyo, JPN
Spoken languages
Japanese
Club
Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings [Japan]
Injuries
She fractured the fifth metatarsal of her left foot during ball training at the end of January 2020 and required two months of recovery. (sp.mainichi.jp, 16 Feb 2020; gifu-np.co.jp, 09 Aug 2021)
National Team
2012 (sponichi.co.jp, 29 Jun 2012)
Start sporting career
She began the sport at age three. (fairyjapan.p1.bindsite.jp, 06 May 2012)
Reason for taking up the sport
She was watching a TV programme for children and saw a lady dancing with a ribbon, which inspired her to take up gymnastics. (fairyjapan.p1.bindsite.jp, 06 May 2012)
Hero / Idol
Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese marathon runner Naoko Takahashi. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 20 Jul 2018)
Philosophy / Motto
"Continuation is power." (tv-asahi.co.jp, 20 Jul 2018)
Awards
In 2016 and 2021 she was presented with the Gifu Prefecture Citizen Honorary Award in Japan. (pref.gifu.lg.jp, 29 Aug 2017; asahi.com, 21 Aug 2021)
In 2019 she and her teammates [Sayuri Sugimoto, Nanami Takenaka, Ayuka Suzuki, Sakura Noshitani and Kiko Yokota] were presented with Best Gymnast Award by the Japan Gymnastics Association. They became the first Japanese team in 44 years to win a medal in the group all-around at the world championships following their silver at the 2019 edition in Baku, Azerbaijan. (jiji.com, 21 Dec 2019; number.bunshun.jp, 11 Jan 2020)
In 2018 she received an Excellence Award from the Japan Gymnastics Association. (gifu-np.co.jp, 20 Jan 2019)
In 2015 she received the Gifu Prefecture Culture and Sports Achievement Award in Japan. (ameblo.jp/alfagifu, 21 Feb 2015)
Last update : 2021-10-12
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