In the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics and fencing women's teams, Japan lost to the Russian Olympic Committee 34 to 45 and did not advance to the semifinals.
Misaki Emura, Chika Aoki, Norika Tamura and Shihomi Fukushima participated in the Tokyo Olympics and Fencing Women's Sable Group in Japan.
In team competitions, the team that scored 45 points first or the team that has played 9 games and has the most total points wins.
Japan defeated Tunisia 45-29 in the first round and then faced the Russian Olympic Committee, which has individual gold and silver medalists in the quarterfinals.
In Japan, Tamura played against silver medalist Sophia Berikaya in the first match, leading 1 to 5 and taking the initiative.
Even so, Japan managed to get close to it, and in the middle of the fifth game in which Fukushima participated, he narrowed down to one point, but after that he was pushed out and lost 34 to 45, so he did not advance to the semi-finals.