is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese figure skater

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 of Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 ancestry. Her father is Japanese, and mother is Filipino. She won eight consecutive Japanese championships and earned the first World Championship medal (bronze) in ladies' singles for Japan in 1979. She graduated from Golden Valley High School

Golden Valley High School

Golden Valley High School is the name of many schools named after agriculturally productive Golden Valley:Schools with the full name:*Golden Valley High School — Bakersfield, California...

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After the retirement, she went into show business and helped to popularize figure skating in Japan while herself becoming a national celebrity through her numerous appearances on television and in magazines and newspapers. However, after 1990s, She came to be known as 'a troublemaker'. She wrote muckraking books about some trouble with some TV personalities, skaters and Japanese winter sports tycoon Yoshiaki Tsutsumi

Yoshiaki Tsutsumi

Yoshiaki Tsutsumi is a Japanese businessman. During the Japanese economic bubble in the late 1980s, Tsutsumi was the wealthiest person in the world for a brief period due to his extensive real estate investments through the Seibu Corporation, which he controlled...

. She also often appears reality television series which follows overweight celebrities as they try to lose weight.

She ran for The House of Councilors election in 2001

Japanese House of Councillors election, 2001

Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan on 29 July 2001. It was the first national election since Junichiro Koizumi was appointed as prime minister after Yoshiro Mori...

 from Liberal League, but lost.

Results

Event	1972-73	1973-74	1974-75	1975-76	1976-77	1977-78	1978-79	1979-80
Winter Olympics				13th				6th
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...	17th	15th	13th	17th	12th	8th	3rd	4th
Japanese Championships Japan Figure Skating Championships The Japan or All-Japan Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Japan. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, although not every discipline has been held...	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Japanese Junior Championships Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships The Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions on the Junior level for Japan. The first Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships was held in 1931. It is the junior level equivalent of the Japan Figure Skating Championships...	1st
Skate Canada International Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: Ladies' singles, Men's...				3rd
NHK Trophy NHK Trophy The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....								1st

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