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 who competed in both singles and pair skating

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

. As a pair skater, she competed with Alexei Tikhonov

Alexei Tikhonov

Alexei Vladimirovich Tikhonov is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maria Petrova, he is the 2000 World Champion and the 1999 & 2000 European Champion.- Career :Tikhonov began skating at the age of five and switched to pairs at 15 and a half....

 for Japan. They are two-time Japanese national champions and won the bronze medal at the 1993 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....

. As a single skater, she competed internationally on the junior and senior levels.

She turned professional in 2000.

Singles

1990

• Japanese Junior Nationals
  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...
  
  -2nd

1991

• Japanese Junior Nationals-3rd
• World Junior Championships
  World Junior Figure Skating Championships
  The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...
  
  -11th

1993

• Japanese Junior Nationals-3rd

1994

• Japanese Junior Nationals-2nd

1995

• Japanese Senior Nationals
  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...
  
  -7th

1999

• 1999 Winter Asian Games
  Figure skating at the Asian Winter Games
  Figure skating has been contested at the Asian Winter Games since 1986. It was not included in 1990.-Men:-Ladies:-Pairs:-Ice dancing:-Men:-Ladies:-Pairs:-Ice Dancing:-Total:-References:******...
  
  -7th

Pair skating

(with Alexei Tikhonov for Japan)

Event	1992-1993	1993-1994
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...		15th
Japanese Championships	1st	1st
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....		3rd
Bofrost Cup on Ice Bofrost Cup on Ice The Bofrost Cup on Ice was a figure skating competition held in Germany between 1986 and 2004. It was part of the Grand Prix series until 2003, when it was replaced by Cup of China. Following being booted out of the Grand Prix series, a new form of competition was introduced to the Bofrost Cup...		4th