Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi tahi ia ki a Rie Arikawa i te tau 1995. I muri i te wikitoria i te taitara rangatahi o Hapanihi, i tukuna ratou ki te 1996 World Junior Championships
i Brisbane, Ahitereiria, i te wahi i mutu ai rātau i te 22 o nga tau. I te wa e whai ake nei, i noho raua ki te tuarua i te Whakataetae Junior o Japan. I whakawhiwhia e ratou to raatau taitara rangatahi a-motu i mua i te whakanoho i te 16th i te 1998 World Junior Championships i Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.