Personal

Started playing at age 6...Baseliner, who considered groundstrokes her strength...Father, Koichi, works for Japan Airlines; mother, Noriko, is a homemaker; older brother, Yasuchika, graduated from the University of Tokyo and is now a pilot with Japan Airlines...Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University, majoring in International Politics...Works as a Systems Manager for telephone company NTT, completing all her work from the road via computer modem while at tournaments...Hobbies include reading and working with computers...Likes to visit London...Favorite movie is Beaches; favorite color is red...Enjoys swimming and listening to music.

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (0 WTA Tour): 1990 - ITF/Matsuyama-JPN.
Semifinalist (2): 1991 - Tokyo [Japan Open], Pattaya City.

DOUBLES
Winner (6): 1997 - Oklahoma City (w/Miyagi), Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Dechaume-Balleret), Surabaya (w/Guse); 1996 - Jakarta (w/Kijimuta); 1992 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Frazier); 1991 - Puerto Rico (w/Labat).
Finalist (7): 1999 - Kuala Lumpur (w/Yoshida); 1998 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Frazier), Pattaya City (w/Olsza); 1995 - Nagoya (w/S. Park) 1994 - Tokyo [Nichirei] (w/Frazier); 1992 - Kuala Lumpur (w/Langrova); 1991 - Pattaya City (w/Nishiya).

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (1): 1997 - Roland Garros (w/Bhupathi).

ADDITIONAL
Japanese Fed Cup Team 1993, 1998.