Born in Kameoka, she attended Kyoto Prefectural Minamidan High School and took up running there, initially doing the 400 metres.

[3] She returned an improved runner to Osaka the next year and knocked nearly four minutes from her best with a time of 2:26:09 to place second behind Tomoe Abe.

[4] She was chosen for two international teams that year, first at the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she placed in the top 100 in the women's race, and then in the marathon at the 1994 Asian Games, where she claimed the bronze medal behind Chinese opposition.

An attempt to gain selection for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics failed as he was eighth at the Osaka Marathon, where performances were used by the national selectors.

[3] Following the end of her professional running career, she became a physical education teacher at Fuchu Nuran High School, coaching track and field.