Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Kizaki i Kyoto, i haere ia ki te Kura Tuarua o Miyazu o te taone nui i mua i tana neke atu ki te ako atu ki te Whare Wananga o Bukkyo. I a ia i reira, i whakataetae ia mo Japan i te Summer Universiade: ko ia te toa hiriwa haurua marathon i te huihuinga 2005 ka wini i tetahi hiriwa tuarua i te putanga 2007, i reira i whakaturia ai e ia he pai ake mo te 32:55.11 meneti i nga mita 10,000. I mutu ia i te tekau mā iwa i te
2006 World Road Running Championships, i awhina i te roopu Hapanihi ki te wikitoria i te mētara parahi i te whakataetae roopu.