Overview
- On January 1, the 38-year-old Mitsubishi Electric guard announced on Instagram that cancer was found last summer and she underwent surgery.
- She wrote that being told it was cancer made her think she might die.
- She has not disclosed which part of her body was affected.
- After rehabilitation, she has returned this season and appeared in six W League Division 2 games.
- A former Japan captain at the Rio 2016 Olympics and a member of the Paris 2024 team, she says she is still regaining strength and aims to be a point guard who can lead her team.