SUNAMI Yui

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Women	2019	Japan
16	Women	2017	Germany
19	Women	2015	Denmark

Asian Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2018	Japan
2	Women	2017	Republic of Korea

Yuzu (jhl.handball.jp, 20 Aug 2014)

Shopping, listening to music, painting her nails. (Twitter profile, 12 Aug 2020)

Athlete, Bank Employee

Physical Education - Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, Japan

Japanese

Hokkoku Bank Honey Bee [Japan] since 2019

Yoshihiro Nikawadori [club], JPN; Ulrik Kirkely [national], DEN

Right back (handball.or.jp, 22 Jun 2019)

Left (jhl.handball.jp, 20 Aug 2014)

Her twin sister Ryo has played handball at club level in Japan. Her younger sister Kaho has represented Japan in handball, and competed at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships. (yahoo.co.jp, 19 Nov 2019; sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 14 Dec 2019; mainichi.jp, 14 Nov 2018; handball.or.jp, 19 Jul 2007; SportsDeskOnline, 08 Feb 2020)

She has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in both of her knees during her sporting career. (asahi.com, 04 Jun 2019; toto-growing.com, 12 Nov 2019)

Japan Handball League [JPN] (jhl.handball.jp, 17 Jan 2020)

She began playing handball at Shimotsui Junior High School in Kurashiki, Japan. (jhl.handball.jp, 20 Aug 2014)

To compete alongside her younger sister Kaho at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sanyonews.jp, 25 Mar 2020)

Norwegian handball player Nora Mork. (hokkokubank.co.jp, 07 Jan 2020)

She was named the Best Athlete in the 2017/18 Japan Handball League Playoffs. (ninomiyasports.com, 25 Mar 2018)

She was named in the Best Seven team of the year for the 2015/16 Japan Handball League. (sportsevent.jp, 17 Mar 2016)