| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 4 | Senior | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| 7 | Senior | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| FIFA Women's World Cup | ||||
| 1 | Senior | 2011 | Germany | |
Nickname
Anchi. (JS Goal, 16 Oct 2006)
Hobbies
Listening to music and watching films. (Japan NOC, 16 Oct 2006)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JPN
Language(s) spoken
Japanese
Club name
FCR 2001 Duisburg, Germany
Coach
Marco Ketelaer (GER) (fcr-01.de, 27 Feb 2012)
Position and style
Forward (JFA, 27 Feb 2012)
Debut
1999 for Japan, World Cup (United States) (JFA, 22 Jul 2010)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She started playing football at the age of three. (City Saitama, 16 Oct 2006)
Reason for taking up this sport
She played with her father and thought it was fun. (Japan NOC, 16 Oct 2006)
Hero
Former Japan national coach Satoshi Miyauchi. (Japan NOC, 16 Oct 2006)
Superstitions / Rituals
She always wears a special bracelet. (Japan NOC, 16 Oct 2006)
Awards
Utsunomiya City awarded her the Medal of Honour in 2011. (city.utsunomiya.tochigi.jp, 27 Dec 2011)
She was top scorer in the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2010, helping Japan to third place. (the-afc.com, 30 May 2010)
Named as the Japanese League's Most Valuable Player [MVP] and Top Scorer in 2004 and 2009. (JFA, 18 Oct 2007; Japan Team Handbook 2008; urawa-reds.co, 28 Dec 2009)
Voted Japanese League's Rookie of the Year in 2002. (Nifty Homepage, 11 Nov 2004)
She has been included in the Japanese league's Best Eleven in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007. (Japan Team Handbook, 2008)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
