is a retired Japanese backstroke, butterfly and medley swimmer. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca. She also competed twice on Sasuke in the 28th and 29th competitions. In the 28th competition, she failed the Quintuple Step. In the 29th competition, she failed the Hedgehog. External links 1980 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Osaka Prefecture Japanese female freestyle swimmers Japanese female backstroke swimmers Japanese female breaststroke swimmers Japanese female butterfly swimmers Japanese female medley swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Universiade gold medalists for Japan Universiade silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade 21st-century Japanese women 20th-century Japanese women