Coached by Masayuki Ando. Started playing tennis at age 9. Favorite surface is grass... Studied at Waseda University in Japan.
Plays
Right-Handed
Career High
182
Height
5' 1'' (1.54 m)
Birthday
Dec 19, 1987December 19, 1987
Birthplace
Osaka, Japan
Career Highlights
DOUBLES
Winner (20): 2024 - Tokyo (w/Hozumi); 2023 - Hertogenbosch, Montreal (w/Shibahara); 2021 - Abu Dhabi, Yarra Valley Classic, Miami, Eastbourne, Cleveland (all w/Shibahara); 2020 - St. Petersburg (w/Shibahara); 2019 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Krunic), Tianjin, Moscow (both w/Shibahara); 2017 - Washington DC (w/Voracova), Tokyo (International) (w/Z.Yang); 2016 - Tokyo (International) (w/Ninomiya); 2014 - Washington DC (w/Dabrowski), Osaka ((w/Voracova); 2013 - Kuala Lumpur (w/Chang), Washington DC (w/Dushevina); 2012 - Washington DC (w/Chang).
Finalist (16): 2024 - Hong Kong (w/Hozumi), Cleveland (w/Hozumi); 2023 - Abu Dhabi (w/H.C Chan); Australian Open (w/Shibahara), Zhengzhou (w/Shibahara); 2022 - San Jose (w/Hao-Ching); 2019 - San Jose (w/Shibahara); 2018 - Hong Kong, Zhuhai (both w/Marozava); 2017 - Wuhan (w/Z.Yang); 2016 - Nurnberg (w/Voracova), Washington DC (w/Ozaki), Nanchang (w/Ninomiya); 2015 - Auckland (w/Voracova), Pattaya City (w/Tanasugarn); 2010 - Osaka (w/Fujiwara).
ADDITIONAL
Japanese Fed Cup Team, 2013-17, 2019-20.
