Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ya na Rie Arikawa jikọrọ aka na 1995. Mgbe ha merisịrị n'asọmpi ndị ntorobịa nke Japan, e zigara ha n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị.
1996 World Junior Championships na Brisbane, Australia, ebe ha kwụsịrị 22nd. N'oge na-eso ya, ha bịara nke abụọ na Japan Junior Championships. Ha nwetaghachiri aha mba ha nke ndị na-eto eto tupu ha etinye 16th na 1998 World Junior Championships na Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.