She is the 2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist and 2005 JGP Japan champion.
[1] She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2002–03 season.
In 2005–06, Sawada won two JGP medals — silver in Slovakia and gold in Japan — and qualified for her second JGP Final, where she took the silver medal.
Sawada made her senior international debut in the 2006–07 season.
[2] Sawada landed triple Axels in national competition.