 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokurasikirwa nomusoro wenyika kuna Tamie Motegi muna 1978, gore rake rokubudirira rakauya mumwaka wa1979 wenhangemutange nomunda. Akagadza chinyorwa chemakwikwi chemasekonzi 13.81 kuti awanezve korona yake yeJapan. Akanga ari mutambi anotungamira wenyika yake pamakwikwi e1979 eAsia Athletics Championships, akaitirwa pamba pake muTokyo, uye akahwina menduru yegoridhe nekurekodha kwemakwikwi kwemasekondi 14.17, zvakanaka pamberi peChina Dai Jianhua uye mumwe wake Motegi. Kutanga kwenyika yose kwakatevera pa 1979 IAAF World CupmuMontreal, kwaakawana nzvimbo yechisere somumiriri weAsia. 