Can i be fluent in my first language if i stopped speaking it for like over 20 years?

i’m 30 now and was originally a Japanese speaker and almost held back in elementary school for not being able to speak English well or not at all.

I stopped speaking japanese fairly early perhaps around 3-4 grade and I spoke english like 100% of the time.

i can still understand some japanese when i hear it but mainly just elementary stuff. i could probably understand all of An Pan Man.

my mother says my accent is fine but at this age i feel my mouth feels more awkward and i might potentially have an accent now ._.

i’m worried that at this age it might be difficult for me to relearn the language and whether there is a chance for fluency and native sounding accent?

How much of a difference does it make for someone who spoke it as a child to learn a language many many years later?

Thank you for your time and comments!

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