is a Japanese

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player currently playing as a small forward for

Fujitsu Red Wave The Fujitsu Red Wave are a basketball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, playing in the Women's Japan Basketball League. Notable players * Miwa Kuribayashi * Rui Machida * Ai Mitani *Moeko Nagaoka * Yōko Nagi *Monica Okoye *Mio Shinozaki *Ayumi S ...

. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio and won a silver medal with the Japanese national team at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, held in Tokyo, Japan. 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.

History

Influenced 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. 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

in 2021.

Awards

* W LEAGUE Best 5 (Forward): 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 * Playoff MVP: 2019 * Playoff Best 5 (Forward): 2019 * Empress Cup MVP: 2018, 2019

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyazawa, Yuki Japanese women's basketball players Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Japan 1993 births Living people Small forwards Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese women Fujitsu Red Wave players Eneos Sunflowers players