[1] After graduating from junior high school, she went on to Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo School for the Blind, where she began training in athletics after participating in the Tokyo qualifying round for the National Sports Championships for the Disabled as part of her physical education classes.

[1] Although she was eliminated in the qualifying round for the 100 metres, she placed ninth in the long jump with a record of 4.93 meters, improving her personal best by about 30 centimeters.

[1] However, she resumed training after that,[1] and again set the Japanese record at the 2017 Japan Para Athletics Championships (5.03 meters).

[8] On January 31, 2022, Sawada left Mash Holdings Co., Ltd., where she had been affiliated since June 1, 2017,[9] and joined Entry Co., Ltd. on February 1, 2022.

[10] She won bronze medals in the women's long jump (T12) at the 2023 and 2024 World Para Athletics Championships.