on october 22, 1984, when nagamine was 16 years old, she debuted for japan national team against australia. she was a member of japan for 1991 and 1995 world cup. she also played at 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 afc championship, 1990 and 1994 asian games. she played 64 games and scored 48 goals for japan until 1996.