Yumika Yokoyama
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Life and career
Yumika 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, Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..[1] It was adapted into a Japanese television drama in 2010.[3]
References
- ↑ 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 日本語). Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ↑ "Team Rosters". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (in Japanese)Sponichi Annex (Sports Nippon Newspapers). 2010-09-20. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2010/09/20/01.html. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
Other websites
- Martin, Rick (2015-11-20). "Saori Kimura: Japan's rising volleyball superstar". CNN Travel. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
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