Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Asahi Kogyo: Japan |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Business Management - Asahi University: Mizuho, JPN |
General Interest |
Famous relatives |
Her older sister Mariko has competed in fencing at an elite level. (gunma.jp, 01 Mar 2010) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Jerome Guth [national], FRA |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
Japanese |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Tamuchi (nexus-group.jp, 25 Dec 2015) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Work harder." (nexus-group.jp, 25 Dec 2015) |
Sport Specific Information |
Handedness |
Right |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began attending Numata Fencing Club in Japan while she was in the second grade at primary school. She initially took up foil, and got involved in sabre at Takasaki University of Commerce High School. She began focusing solely on sabre in her first year at Asahi University. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Office Worker |
Residence |
Tokyo, JPN |
General Interest |
Most influential person in career |
Coach Lee Wook-Jae. (sports.yahoo.co.jp, 10 Mar 2021) |
Olympic Games |
2020 |
5 |
Team Sabre |
Tokyo, Japan |
World Championships |
2017 |
4 |
Team Sabre |
Leipzig, Germany |
2017 |
8 |
Individual Sabre |
Leipzig, Germany |
Asian Championships |
2019 |
2 |
Individual Sabre |
Tokyo, Japan |
2019 |
3 |
Team Sabre |
Tokyo, Japan |
2018 |
5 |
Team Sabre |
Bangkok, Thailand |
2018 |
7 |
Individual Sabre |
Bangkok, Thailand |
2017 |
3 |
Team Sabre |
Hong Kong, China |
2015 |
3 |
Team Sabre |
Singapore, Singapore |
2014 |
5 |
Individual Sabre |
Suwon, Republic of Korea |
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