Sakurai also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Sakurai won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.

[4] Sakurai won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

[5][6] A year later, she also won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

[8] In October 2023, Sakurai won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.