Yuki Miyazawa

Yuki Miyazawa
No. 52 – Fujitsu Red Wave
PositionSmall forward
LeagueW LEAGUE
Personal information
Born (1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 (age 31)
Izumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Listed height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight73 kg (161 lb)
Career information
High schoolKanazawa Comprehensive (Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama)
WNBA draft2015: undrafted
Career history
2012-2021ENEOS Sunflowers
2021-presentFujitsu Red Wave
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pune Japan U17
FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rimini Japan 3x3 U18
FIBA Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bangkok Japan
Gold medal – first place 2015 Wuhan Japan
Gold medal – first place 2017 India Japan
Gold medal – first place 2019 India Japan
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tianjin

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Yuki Miyazawa". FIBA.basketball. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Yuki MIYAZAWA at the Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. ^ "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.