[1] She won the gold medal in the Women's 52 kg competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics and two silver medals in a row with the Japanese team in the judo mixed team events at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.

She rose to prominence after winning her first senior gold medal, aged just 16, at the 2017 Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf, thus becoming the youngest IJF senior competition winner in history.

[11] Abe firstly defeated Polish judoka Karolina Pieńkowska and Fabienne Kocher of Switzerland.

[14] Abe won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.

She was defeated by Diyora Keldiyorova of Uzbekistan in the second round of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.