YASUO Emi

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 10 Jun 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 2.0

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : OITA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women JPN Japan	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #04 AUS Australia 47 JPN Japan 73	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #07 JPN Japan 54 GBR Great Britain 48	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #18 CAN Canada 61 JPN Japan 35	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #39 JPN Japan 54 GER Germany 59	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #53 NED Netherlands 82 JPN Japan 24	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Classification Playoff 5/6 #66 CAN Canada 68 JPN Japan 49	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Asian Para Games
2	Women	2018	Jakarta, INA

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Languages spoken:

Sukemasa Tokunaga [club], JPN; Yoshiaki Iwasa [national], JPN

When she was thinking to get involved in a new activity after graduating from high school, she remembered that she had been invited to the sport by Japanese wheelchair basketball player Miki Hirai whom she had met while shopping at a supermarket. (nishinippon.co.jp, 20 Jul 2021; basketballking.jp, 04 May 2021)

Japanese wheelchair basketball player Miki Hirai. (basketballking.jp, 04 May 2021)

In 2019 she was given an Excellence Award by the Oita Prefecture Para Sports Association in Japan. (oita-press.co.jp, 11 Aug 2019)

She was named Most Valuable Player at the 2017 National Junior Championships in Japan. (Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation Facebook page, 07 Aug 2017)

General Interest

Classification
2.0 (IWBF, 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (nishinippon.co.jp, 20 Jul 2021)

Impairment Details
She has paralysis in both legs as she was born with arthrogryposis. (nishinippon.co.jp, 20 Jul 2021; JPC, 23 Aug 2021)

General
2016 EARTHQUAKE
In April 2016, houses of her family and relatives were destroyed by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan. She decided to relocate to Oita from Kumamoto to continue her sporting career. "At that time, I couldn't keep up with my daily life as I was overwhelmed by my work, so I didn't feel like playing basketball. However, from the bottom of my heart, I always wished to represent Japan alongside Miki Hirai." (basketballking.jp, 04 May 2021)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/emi.yasuo

Legend

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

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