No. 52 – Fujitsu Red Wave | |
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Position | Small forward |
League | W LEAGUE |
Personal information | |
Born | Izumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 June 1993
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 |
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]