ASANO Sakiyo

Date of Birth: 26 May 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Place of birth: KAKAMIGAHARA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Women JPN Japan	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W05 JPN Japan 3 CHN China 4	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W11 JPN Japan 1 NZL New Zealand 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W17 JPN Japan 0 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W21 JPN Japan 1 ARG Argentina 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool B #W26 JPN Japan 1 ESP Spain 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2012	London, GBR
10	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Women	2010	Rosario, ARG

Shopping, collecting cosmetics. (Japan Ladies Hockey Instagram profile, 05 Jun 2020)

Occupation:

Commerce - Yamanashi Gakuin University, Kofu, JPN

Languages spoken:

Gifu Asahi Ladies [Japan] since 2018

Tatsunori Fujii [club], JPN; Xavi Arnau [national], ESP

Position style:

Goalkeeper (hockey.or.jp, 18 Jan 2021)

She began the sport at age 16 at high school in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. (yomiuri.co.jp, 05 Jan 2016)

She originally played volleyball at her elementary and junior high schools, but managed the hockey team at high school and then began to play the sport a year later. (yomiuri.co.jp, 05 Jan 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ctv.co.jp, 18 Jul 2020)

Philosophy:

"Enjoy everything." (Japan Ladies Hockey Instagram profile, 05 Jun 2020)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] in the 2016 and 2017 Hockey Japan League. (hjl-hockey.tv, 2020)

She was named one of the Best Eleven Players in the Japan Hockey League in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. (hjl-hockey.tv, 2020)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT AND COMEBACK
She announced her retirement from competition after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. However, she decided to return to the sport in 2018 in order to win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "As I wasn't really motivated to aim for the Japanese national team and the Olympic Games at that time, so I decided to become a supporter of my teammates. But I want to fight for a medal at the Olympic Games one more time as it is something I can only do now." (ctv.co.jp, 18 Jul 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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