Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: E toru nga whakaaturanga o te ao mo Wei i te wa o te tau 1997. Ka tīmata ki te
1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, i whakanohoia e ia te 41 ki te arahi i te roopu wahine Hainamana ki te 13 o nga waahi. Whai muri i te haerenga angitu o Japan, i wikitoria i te Osaka Grand Prix, Shizuoka International Meet me Oda Memorial, ka riro ia hei kowhiringa a Haina mo nga Taakaro o Ahia ki te Rawhiti <unk> he mētara hiriwa ia i te 5000 m, i te mea kua ngaro ia ki a Harumi Hiroyama. I tana haerenga nui whakamutunga, i noho ia ki te tuaiwa i te whakamutunga 5000 mita i te 1997 World Championships in Athletics.