at the 2004 summer olympics in athens, misaki qualified for her second japanese team in rifle shooting. she managed to get a minimum qualifying standard of 397 to secure an olympic berth for japan in air rifle, following her top finish at the issf world cup meet in changwon, south korea a year earlier. in the 10 m air rifle, held on the first day of the games, misaki fired a modest 392 out of a possible 400 to force in a massive draw with six others for twenty-second place. nearly a week later, in the 50 m rifle 3 positions, misaki marked a brilliant 195 in prone, 185 in standing, and 189 in the kneeling series to accumulate a total score of 569 points in the qualifying round, closing her out of the final to twenty-fourth place.