Etsuko Inada

[3] She was a seven-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan at the 1936 Winter Olympics at the age of 12.

[4] While competing there, she wore a costume given to her by the Japanese Women's Association of Berlin.

She returned to competitive skating and won a competition shortly before the planned 1949 Japanese national championships, but the national championships were cancelled due to the weather becoming too warm.

Later in her life, she opened a store in Aoyama, Tokyo and coached at a rink in front of the Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum, which holds her costume from the Olympics in its collection.

[6][7] Her students included Olympic skaters Miwa Fukuhara, Junko Hiramatsu, and Haruko Okamoto.

Inada training at the 1936 Winter Olympics