She earned a spot on the Japanese team for the 2010 Olympic Games , the first woman from Japan to compete in five Olympic Games . At 38 years old , she was the oldest female member of the Japanese team , and was selected to bear the flag of Japan during the opening ceremony . She was not the first female flag bearer for Japan in the winter games as erroneously reported by a Canadian TV commentator and on Yahoo! Sports ( This title goes to Junko Hiramatsu in Squaw Valley in 1960 . ) According to news reports during the 2010 Games , Okazaki intends to try out for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia , as well
opening ceremony
2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Tomomi Okazaki