(born on September 5, 1978, in

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) is a Japanese

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player. She plays a V-Premier League team

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. She entered

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in April 1997, after graduating from Kyoei High School. Kumakura played the World Youth Women's Volleyball Championship in 1995 as a

ese representative (with

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, Hiromi Suzuki, Miyuki Mori, and

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). Her team won the championship.

References

* Series of Magazines " Gekkan Volleyball" (published by Nihon Bunka Shuppan in

) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumakura, Yumi Living people Japanese women's volleyball players 1978 births Takefuji Bamboo players People from Katsushika