Yumika Yokoyama
Japanese volleyball player
Yumika Yokoyama (横山 友美佳, Yokoyama Yumika, 2 March 1987 - 17 April 2008) was a Japanese volleyball player.
Life and career
changeYumika Yokoyama was born on 2 March 1987 in Beijing.[1] She studied at Shimokitazawa Seitoku High School and Waseda University.[1] Her school friend was volleyball player Saori Kimura.[1]
She played at the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix.[2] She wanted to play in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] However, she died before the event.[1]
She was diagnosed with cancer.[1] She died of rhabdomyosarcoma on 17 April 2008, aged 21.[3]
She wrote a book, Ashita mo mata ikite ikou (明日もまた生きていこう, Ashita mo mata ikite ikou, lit. Let's live again tomorrow).[1] It was adapted into a Japanese television drama in 2010.[3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 著, 横山 友美佳. "明日もまた生きていこう 十八歳でがん宣告を受けた私". マガジンワールド (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ↑ "Team Rosters". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 相武＆比嘉でドラマ化 バレー日本代表“絆の物語”. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. 2010-09-20. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
Other websites
change- Martin, Rick (2015-11-20). "Saori Kimura: Japan's rising volleyball superstar". CNN Travel. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
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