Nachimi Itakura

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Itakura".

Nachimi Itakura
Native name	Kanji: 板倉奈智美 Spaced hiragana: いたくら　なちみ
Born	June 17, 1975 (1975-06-17) (age 36)
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Bowling Information
Affiliation	JPBA
License no.	372, Class 36
Rookie year	2003
Dominant hand	Right
Wins	5
300-games	3
Personal blog	Official blog

Nachimi Itakura (板倉奈智美, Itakura Nachimi; born June 17, 1975) is a Japanese female professional ten-pin bowler. She is a member of the Japan Professional Bowling Association, license no. 372.

Biography

As a 13-year old, Itakura was into swimming. She was good enough to participate in the Junior Olympics. After retiring from swimming, she took up bowling upon the recommendation of her mother. She was coached by Yoshikazu Nishida. While in school, she captured three high school tournaments, including the 1993 17th All-Japan High School Championship.

After graduating from high school, Itakura planned on working in the bowling business, starting off as an office lady at a bowling center. In 1997, at 22-years old, she gave up her job when she was selected as a member of the Japan national team. Between 1999 and 2000, Itakura competed in various professional and amateur tournaments. She competed in the NHK Cup Japan All-Star Championships. And, she won the 1st 2001 AMF World Cup in Japan.

Itakura became a professional in 2003, becoming the first bowler to enter the JPBA under a waiver, based on her success as an amateur, thereby bypassing the qualifying stages (usually, a bowler has to qualify via a series of difficult tests, which for many bowlers takes multiple years before they are successful.)

Major accomplishments

Amateur

• 1993　- 17th All-Japan High School Championship (winner)
• 1999　- 33rd Japan Invitational Bowling Championships (winner)
• 1999 - 12th All-Japan Ladies Tournament, Youth Division (winner)
• 2000　- 34th Japan Invitational Bowling Championships (winner)
• 2001　- 37th AMF World Cup (winner)

Professional

• 2003　- 35th All Japan Women's Pro Bowling Championship (winner)
• 2004　- 36th All Japan Women's Pro Bowling Championship (winner)
• 2005　- 27th Kansai Women's Open (winner)
• 2005 - Pro Bowling Ladies 新人戦 (winner)
• 2007　- BIGBOX Higashiyamato Cup (winner)

DHC

• 2006　DHC Ladies Bowling Tour 2005/2006 - 5th-leg (winner)

P★League

• Tournament 4 - 2nd place

External links

• P★League
• Official site
• Star Lanes (her home lanes)

Persondata
Name	Itakura, Nachimi
Alternative names
Short description	Professional bowler
Date of birth	June 17, 1975
Place of birth	Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Date of death
Place of death