Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mai i Ōshū, Iwate, i haere ia ki te kura tuarua i Iwate Prefecture, a ka timata ki te rere ki reira. I riro i a ia te kōwhiringa ao mō te
2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships a ko ia te kaiwhakaari pai rawa atu o te roopu i te waahi 50th i te whakataetae poto. Whai muri i tana tohu i te kura tuarua, ka uru atu ia ki tetahi roopu umanga, e whakangungu ana i raro i a Yoshio Koide i Sekisui Chemical. I muri mai ka neke ia ki te rere mo Aruze (naianei Universal Entertainment Corporation). I wikitoria ia i te waewae 3.3 km i te Whakataetae Ekiden a nga Wahine Katoa o Japan i te tau 2000 me te 2001.