Asian Studies - Kokushikan University, Setagaya, JPN

Japanese, Russian

She was unable to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after sustaining an injury shortly before the start of the Games. (nikkansports.com, 24 Sep 2021)

She sprained her right leg before the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. (sanspo.com, 16 Sep 2018)

She sustained a back injury in 2016. (nhk.or.jp, 18 Jul 2016)

2014 (nhk.or.jp, 18 Jul 2016)

She took up the sport at age 10. (nhk.or.jp, 18 Jul 2016)

She was inspired to compete at the Olympic Games after watching Japanese figure skater Mao Asada. (kokushikan.ac.jp, 25 Apr 2019)

Japanese figure skater Mao Asada. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 20 Jul 2018; kokushikan.ac.jp, 25 Apr 2019)

"Never give up." (fjpfan.jp, 01 Jan 2016)

In 2019 she and her teammates Sayuri Sugimoto, Nanami Takenaka, Ayuka Suzuki, Sakura Noshitani and Rie Matsubara were presented with the Best Gymnast Award by the Japan Gymnastics Federation. (jiji.com, 21 Dec 2019)

In 2017 she received an Excellence Sports Award at the 2017 Chiba Prefecture Physical Education and Sports Achievement Awards in Japan. (pref.chiba.lg.jp, 25 Apr 2018)

In 2016 she received the Sumida Citizen Sports Honorary Special Award in Japan. (city.sumida.lg.jp, 31 Aug 2016)

In 2014 she was given a Special Award by the Ichikawashi Sports Association in Japan. (ichikawataikyo.jp, 02 Jul 2015)

General
RETIREMENT
In September 2021 she announced her retirement from competition. "I have been active as a representative of Japan for rhythmic gymnastics for about eight years. In the end, I am disappointed that I could not participate in the Tokyo Olympics. I decided to do it cheerfully [retirement] and cheerfully until the end. From now on, I will move away from rhythmic gymnastics and work at the company I belong to." (nikkansports.com, 24 Sep 2021)