[1] At the 1988 Olympics she was the oldest Japanese Olympian.
Both her father, Masashi Hide, and her mother, Keiko Masugi, were experienced equestrians.
Inoue died on 16 February 2018 at home in Tokyo due to acute heart failure, aged 93.
An obituary was published on 16 January 2019, about 11 months after his death.
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