Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - Mai i Ōshū, Iwate, i haere ia ki te kura tuarua i te rohe o Iwate ka tiimata te oma. I whiwhi ia i te whiringa a-ao mo te 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Ko ia te kaitākaro pai rawa atu o te kapa i te 50 o ngā tūranga 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.