Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ gbarughị ọsọ ahụ n'afọ 2002 ma soro n'ọsọ ndị dị mkpirikpi. Ọ bụ onye nke anọ na ọkara marathon Yamaguchi (na-edozi oge kachasị mma nke 61:53 nkeji), mgbe ahụ duru ndị otu Japan gaa ọlaọcha ndị otu na
2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, na-ewere nke asatọ n'ime oge kachasị mma nke 61:37 nkeji. Mgbe ọ laghachiri Japan, o setịpụrụ oge kachasị mma nke 5000 m nke 13:37.97 iji merie na Nobeoka Golden Games. Na Japanese Track and Field Championships ọ bụ onye na-agba ọsọ na mita 10,000 ma mesịa nọchite anya Japan na 2002 Asian Games, na-ewere ọnọdụ nke isii.