on 17 october 1984, when takakura was 16 years old, she debuted for japan national team against italy. she played at 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999 afc championship, 1990 and 1994 asian games. she was also a member of japan for 1991, 1995 world cup and 1996 summer olympics. she played 79 games and scored 29 goals for japan until 1999.