Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is a Japanese discus and hammer thrower. Murofushi comes from a hammer throwing family, as her fathe

Is a Japanese discus and hammer thrower. Murofushi comes from a hammer throwing family, as her father Shigenobu Murofushi is a former Olympian and held the Japanese record for decades, and her brother Koji Murofushi, is the 2004 Olympic champion in the ev

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.

A Japanese figure skater. She is the 1994 World Champion, the 1990 World Junior Champion and the 199

A Japanese figure skater. She is the 1994 World Champion, the 1990 World Junior Champion and the 1993 & 1994 Japanese national champion. She placed 7th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 1994 Winter Olympics.Yuka Sato was born in Tokyo. Both of her parents are former skaters. Her father, Nobuo Sato, competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics. Her mother, Kumiko Okawa, competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics.

An athlete from Japan. She competes in archery.Kawasaki represented Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympic

An athlete from Japan. She competes in archery.Kawasaki represented Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 37th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 622. In the first round of elimination, she faced 28th-ranked Iwona Marcinkiewicz of Poland. Kawasaki lost 119-106 in the 18-arrow match, placing 63rd overall in women's individual archery.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows.While attending Kyushubunka Gakuen high s

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows.While attending Kyushubunka Gakuen high school, the volleyball team won the top of Japanese high school with Honami Tsukiji and Saki Minemura.

A Japanese Go professional.Umezawa became a professional Go player in 1996. She then attained the ra

A Japanese Go professional.Umezawa became a professional Go player in 1996. She then attained the rank of 5-dan in 2002 at the age of 29, and was married in the same year. Umezawa supervised the production of Hikaru no Go, a manga about Go written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. She also became a consultant for the anime version of Hikaru no Go and hosted Go educational programs on NHK. Umezawa's sensei was Masao Kato. Umezawa is currently married to Shinya Yoshihara.

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who currently plays for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who currently plays for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. He played for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League on loan from Dynamo Kyiv.

A Japanese footballer, a midfielder for the Urawa Red Diamonds of the J. League and the Japanese nat

A Japanese footballer, a midfielder for the Urawa Red Diamonds of the J. League and the Japanese national team.On August 5, 1998, Abe, then a member of the JEF United Ichihara (now JEF United Ichihara Chiba) youth side, made his debut with the senior club at the age of 16 years and 333 days, at the time a record for the youngest Japanese professional player and J-League. He went on to become JEF United's captain, and led the club to the 2005 and 2006 J. League Cup titles while being named to the league's Best Eleven during the span.Abe made his senior national team debut on January 29, 2005, in a friendly match against Kazakhstan and scored his first national team goal on September 6, 2006 against Yemen in a 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification match. He was not selected to Japan's 2006 FIFA World Cup team, but he has become a regular under his former JEF United coach Ivica Osim, who took over as the national team head coach after the World Cup.

An Indian professional tennis player.He competed in all the Junior Grand Slam Tournaments in 2008, w

An Indian professional tennis player.He competed in all the Junior Grand Slam Tournaments in 2008, with his best result at the Australian Open in Boys' Singles where he lost in the semi-finals to eventual champion Bernard Tomic. He lost in the first round of the French Open Boys' Singles and Wimbledon Boys' Singles. He made it to the second round of U.S. Open Boys' Singles losing to his doubles partner Filip Krajinovic.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Omiya Ardija.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Omiya Ardija.

An athlete from Japan who competes in archery.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Hayashi finishe

An athlete from Japan who competes in archery.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Hayashi finished her ranking round with a total of 616 points. This gave her the 48th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Kristina Esebua in the first round. The archer from Georgia and Hayashi both scored 102 points in the regular match. In the decisive extra round Esebua scored 9 points, while Hayashi came to 8 points and was eliminated.[1] Together with Sayoko Kitabatake and Nami Hayakawa she also took part in the team event. With her 616 score from the ranking round combined with the 616 of Kitabatake and the 649 of Hayakawa the Japanese team was in seventh position after the ranking round. In the first round they eliminated the Colombian team with 206-199. However second seed Great Britain was too strong in the quarter final, beating Japan with 201-196

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Tokushima Vortis.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Tokushima Vortis.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.She plays for the All-Japan women's volle

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.She plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and was a participant at the 2006 Volleyball Grand Prix. She maintains a Japanese language blog.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.In the 3rd grade of Higashikyushu Ryokoku

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.In the 3rd grade of Higashikyushu Ryokoku High School she served as a captain of the team.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.. Kuriyama previously playe

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.. Kuriyama previously played for Sagan Tosu in the J. League Division 2.

A Japanese football player who currently plays for J. League division 1 side Nagoya Grampus.He plays

A Japanese football player who currently plays for J. League division 1 side Nagoya Grampus.He plays the forward and defender position. he is 182 cm tall and weighs 75 kg. He is also brother of Japan national team and JEF United Ichihara Chiba star, Seiichiro Maki and Japan Handball League OMRON's European hanball Team's Karina Maki.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Thespa Kusatsu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Thespa Kusatsu.

A Japanese football player currently playing for J1 team Shimizu S-Pulse.

A Japanese football player currently playing for J1 team Shimizu S-Pulse.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Vegalta Sendai.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Vegalta Sendai.

A Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2007 Japan

A Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2007 Japanese Junior silver medalist.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Tochigi S.C..

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Tochigi S.C..

Is an inactive Japanese wrestler who most recently worked for Dragon Gate. He joined Tozawa-juku in

Is an inactive Japanese wrestler who most recently worked for Dragon Gate. He joined Tozawa-juku in 2006, assuming the role of their drum bearer. He reverted back to his real name with the Tozawa-juku faction, but he continued to wrestle in Dragon Gate NE

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for F.C. Gifu on loan from Júbilo Iwata.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for F.C. Gifu on loan from Júbilo Iwata.

Is a Japanese foil fencer. He started his career as a fencer in his junior high school years, influe

Is a Japanese foil fencer. He started his career as a fencer in his junior high school years, influenced by his father, who had been also a fencer. He won the national junior high school championships. In Heian High School, he got third consecutive champi