[2] She began participating in synchronized swimming from her fifth year of elementary school, and was trained at the Hamadera Swimming School [ja] in Sakai, where her coach was Akiko Motoyoshi, the younger sister of Japanese Olympic bronze medallist Miwako Motoyoshi.
[7] She again represented South Korea in the duet routine at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships with partner Choe Jeong-yun, and placed thirteenth.
[9] She placed first in the duet routine at the 1991 Japan Synchro Challenge Cup [ja] with partner Chiaki Yamamura (山村千晶).
[13] She was the coach for the Japanese team at the 2003 and 2004 Swiss Open Synchronized Swimming organized by Limmat-Nixen Zürich [de].
[15][16][17] She was promoted to head coach of Japan's national synchronized swimming team for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy.