Education
Sport Studies - Kanazawa Gakuin University: Japan
Spoken languages
Japanese
Club
Sports Club Ten Forty: Sakura, JPN
Coach
Akiko Maruyama [national], JPN
International senior debut
2014
Injuries
Injury forced her to withdraw from the 2020 All Japan Championships. (nikkei.com, 12 Dec 2020; Instagram profile, 04 Nov 2020)
Start sporting career
She took up trampolining in grade four of primary school.
Reason for taking up the sport
She was involved in artistic gymnastics when she was younger, but became interested in trampolining at a tryout event.
Milestones
She and her partner Hikaru Mori became the first female gymnasts representing Japan to win gold in trampoline at the world championships by claiming victory in synchro at the 2018 edition of the tournament in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Nov 2019; sankei.com, 11 Sep 2019; inzai-taikyo.jp, 12 Dec 2018)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (inzai-taikyo.jp, 12 Dec 2018)
Most influential person in career
Coach Toshio Harada. (chiba-jonetsu-athlete.com, 30 Jun 2019)
Awards
In 2019 she was presented with the Governor of Chiba Prefecture Award in Japan. (chibanippo.co.jp, 24 Jan 2019)
In 2019 she received the Asahi TV Sports Encouragement Award at the 53rd Asahi TV Big Sports Awards in Japan. (Asahi TV YouTube channel, 15 Jan 2019)
In 2018 she was given the Ishikawa Prefecture Sports Special Award in Japan. (mainichi.jp, 11 Dec 2018)
Additional information
COACHING
After graduating from university in 2018, she began coaching junior athletes at Sports Club Ten Forty in Japan. (tokyo-np.co.jp, 29 Jul 2021; Sports Club Ten Forty Facebook page, 16 Dec 2020; jiji.com, 29 Jul 2019; inzai-taikyo.jp, 12 Dec 2018)
LATE REPLACEMENT
She was drafted into the Japanese team for the 2018 World Championships in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, as a replacement for Yumi Takagi, who withdrew from the national team ahead of the tournament due to a right ankle injury. Although she and her synchronised partner Hikaru Mori only had five training sessions together, they won a gold medal. (flyforit.jp, 01 Feb 2019; jiji.com, 12 Nov 2018)
Last update : 2024-07-22
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