[2] Ebihara won her first senior national title in the javelin in 2006 and was selected to represent her country at the 2006 Asian Games.

[3] At the Games in Doha she threw a personal best of 57.47 m which brought her the bronze medal behind Ma Ning and Buoban Pamang.

[5] She gained selection for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and finished twelfth in the qualifying rounds of the competition.

[6] She did not reach these heights the following year: her best of 2012 was a throw of 60.32 m and she was runner-up to Risa Miyashita at the national championships.

However, she outperformed Miyashita at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu by reaching the final and finishing ninth (Asia's best performer).