is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the 200 metres, the 400 metres and the 400 m hurdles.
Her personal bests are 24.32 in the 200 m achieved at Kobe on 27 April 2008; 38.12 in the 300 metres at Izumo on 22 April 2007; 53.08 in the 400 metres in Osaka on 30 June 2007; and 55.34 in the 400 m hurdles at Osaka on 26 June 2011.
She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where she qualified for the second round with the twelfth fastest overall time of 55.82 seconds.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the semi-finals of 400 metre hurdles.
Competition record Representing 2003 Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 8th 400 m hurdles 58.36 2005 Asian Championships Incheon, South Korea 4th 400 m hurdles 57.23 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.54 East Asian Games Macau, China 3rd 400 m hurdles 57.38 2006 Asian Games Doha, Qatar 2nd 400 m hurdles 56.49 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.08 2007 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 1st 400 m hurdles 56.74 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.82 World Championships Osaka, Japan 26th (h) 400 m hurdles 57.01 11th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.17 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 15th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.69 15th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.52 2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 24th (h) 400 m hurdles 56.91 14th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.46 Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 1st 400 m hurdles 56.62 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.95 2010 Asian Games Guangzhou, China 3rd 400 m hurdles 56.83 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.81 2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 1st 400 m hurdles 56.52 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.00 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 21st (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.87 2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 20th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.25 2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 1st 400 m hurdles 56.82 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.72 World Championships Moscow, Russia 17th (h) 400 m hurdles 56.33 2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 2nd 400 m hurdles 56.212016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil35th (h)400 m hurdles57.34
References
External links
Profile at Nikkan Sports (archived)