The team's performance should improve in the 2007/08 season . She ran in all four races and finished two fourth places, one bronze and one silver. In the end it was only enough for fourth place overall. As a team with Maki Tabata and Hiromi Ōtsu, they competed at the 2008 World Championships for Individuals in Nagano . Initially in third place, a bad move tore a gap in the trio whose closing cost precious seconds and the bronze medal. They had to admit defeat to the German trio, two seconds behind. With 9th place over 3000 meters and 7th place over 5000 meters, an enormous performance boost can be recorded.
The 2008/09 World Cup opener over 3000 meters in Berlin brought her the first bronze medal in an individual decision.
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