Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: i whanau i te 25 o Tihema 1935 i Fukuoka, he kaiwhakataetae tawhiti o mua o Hapani. He iti rawa ia, e 115 pauna te taumaha, e 5'5" te teitei. I whakataetae ia i te
i te marathon i te 1960 Summer Olympics, ka mutu i te 32nd i te 2: 29:45, i te 1964 Summer Olympics i te 10,000 mita rere, ka mutu i te 28th i te 31.00.6. Ko tana rekoata whaiaro mo te marathon ko te 2:15:40 i a ia e wikitoria ana i te marathon Beppu, me te 10,000 mita i te 29:10.4 i runga i te ara, i rere katoa i te 1963. Ko tōna wā pai mō ngā maero 10 i runga i ngā rori ko te 50:31 i te tau 1957 i a ia e 21 tau ana.