is a Team handball player from Uki in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. She plays for

Japan Handball League The (JHL), is the top professional handball league in Japan. Team names and home cities/towns are from the official site for the 46th Japan Handball League (2021/2022 Season). 2021/2022 JHL Men's Teams 2021/2022 JHL Women's Teams Reference ...

side Omron. She is a sister of Japan National Team International and

JEF United Ichihara Chiba , full name and also known as , is a Japanese professional football club that plays in the J2 League. On 1 February 2005, the club changed its name from ''JEF United Ichihara'' to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as ...

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Seiichiro Maki is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Japan national team. Club career Maki was a key player for Komazawa University in Tokyo along with Masaki Fukai. After graduating from Komazawa University ...

and Nagoya Grampus forward/defender

Yuki Maki is a Japanese former footballer. He played in the J1 League for Nagoya Grampus from 2008 to 2012, and he played in the J2 League for Shonan Bellmare in 2011. He played as a forward and defender. He is also the brother of Japan national team p ...

. She is 169 cm tall and weighs 69 kg. Karina Maki's position is utility (often play as offensive defender). During her childhood school days she used to play Ice Hockey (with her brother Seiichiro Maki) and Basketball. Her nickname is "Hiro" by her teammates and OMRON fans.

Playing style

Karina Maki is well known for her all round skills especially her offensive plays and skills

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070825090546/http://omronhbc.web.infoseek.co.jp/ (Japanese) profile of Karina Maki *https://web.archive.org/web/20070825090546/http://omronhbc.web.infoseek.co.jp/ OMRON Handball Team Official Website (Japanese) 1982 births Living people Japanese female handball players Asian Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games {{Japan-handball-bio-stub