Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: O mere mba ya mbụ na ahịhịa na
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, mana ọ nọ na mpụga nke 100 kachasị elu nke agbụrụ dị mkpirikpi nke ụmụ nwoke. Ọ bụ onye na-agba ọsọ na Japanese Championship n'afọ ahụ, mana ọ laghachiri n'ihu na 2000 na mmeri na asọmpi mba na egwuregwu. Mpụta nke Yoshitaka Iwamizu na 2001 Japanese Championships gosipụtara mgbanwe ọgbọ. Ọ bụ ezie na Uchitomi gbara ọsọ oge nke 8:29.63 nkeji (nke atọ kachasị mma na ọrụ ya), Iwamizu meriri ya, onye ga-aga n'ihu iji merie utu aha ise na-esote. Uchitomi gbachitere aha ya na 2001 East Asian Games ma melite ndekọ egwuregwu nke ya na 8:33.98 nkeji, na-eti onye obodo ya bụ Wataru Izumi na nke abụọ dị ka o mere na 1997. O bukwara aha steeplechase maka Chugoku Electric Power Company na All-Japan Corporate Track and Field Championships.