Yuki Miyazawa (宮澤 夕貴, Miyazawa Yuki, born 2 June 1993) is a Japanese basketball player currently playing as a small forward for Fujitsu Red Wave. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio[1] and won a silver medal with the Japanese national team at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3]
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| No. 52 – Fujitsu Red Wave | |
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| Position | Small forward |
| League | W LEAGUE |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 June 1993 Izumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Listed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Listed weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Kanazawa Comprehensive (Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama) |
| WNBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
| Career history | |
| 2012-2021 | ENEOS Sunflowers |
| 2021-present | Fujitsu Red Wave |
Medals | |
Her nickname is Earth (アース), referring to a high school teacher telling her that she wanted her to grow as big as the earth, and also taking the first and last characters of Amaterasu (Ōmikami), the Sun Goddess.[4]
History
editInfluenced by her older sister, Miyazawa started playing basketball during her first year of elementary school. Later, she joined the prestigious Kanazawa Comprehensive High School basketball team, where she became the team's leading scorer and was appointed captain at the start of her sophomore year.[5]
After graduating high school, Miyazawa joined ENEOS Sunflowers (at the time known as JX and later as JX-ENEOS) in 2012 and played with them for 9 seasons, before joining Fujitsu Red Wave in 2021.[6]
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ "Yuki Miyazawa". FIBA.basketball. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Basketball: MIYAZAWA Yuki". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Yuki MIYAZAWA at the Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "新加入選手 宮澤夕貴 #52 SF インタビュー" [Newly joined player Miyazawa Yuki #52 SF Interview]. sports.jp.fujitsu.com (in Japanese). 10 July 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "宮澤 夕貴さん | 4月からWリーグJXサンフラワーズに入部する" [Miyazawa Yuki | Joining WLeague Team JX Sunflowers in April]. townnews.co.jp (in Japanese). 19 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "[富士通 レッドウェーブ] 宮澤 夕貴(アース) | Wリーグ選手紹介" [[Fujitsu Red Wave] Miyazawa Yuki (Earth) | WLeague Player Profile]. Women's Japan Basketball League (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "アウォード" [Awards]. Women's Japan Basketball League (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "国際大会を経て成長した宮澤夕貴が2年連続MVPを受賞" [Miyazawa Yuki, who has grown because of international experience, wins MVP two years in a row]. basketballking.jp (in Japanese). 14 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
External links
edit- Yuki Miyazawa at FIBA (archive)
- Yuki Miyazawa international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
- Yuki Miyazawa at Olympedia (archive)
- Yuki Miyazawa at Olympics.com
- Yuki Miyazawa at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
