She won her first marathon in 2007 at the age of 37 when she beat Yoko Shibui to the finish to win the Nagoya International Women's Marathon.
In the women's marathon event (and not counting multiple records set by the same athlete), she still holds the 7th best time and the 3rd best Japanese marathon performance behind Yoko Shibui (2:19:41) and Mizuki Noguchi (2:19:12).
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