She won the silver medal in the women's foil event at the 2019 Asian Fencing Championships held in Chiba, Japan.

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's foil event at the 2022 Asian Fencing Championships held in Seoul, South Korea.

In 2023, she competed in the women's foil event at the World Fencing Championships held in Milan, Italy.

Ueno, Sera Azuma, Komaki Kikuchi and Karin Miyawaki won the bronze medal in the women's team foil event.

Ueno and her teammates replicated the feat, winning another bronze medal in the women's team foil event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, marking Japan's first ever Olympic medal in the event.