Miwa Asao

Miwa Asao
Miwa Asao

Asao competing in Norway in 2008
Personal information
Full name Miwa Asao
Born 2 February 1986 (1986-02-02) (age 25)
Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight 53 kg (120 lb)[1]
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Ayumi Kusano

Miwa Asao (浅尾 美和 Asao Miwa?, born 2 February 1986, Suzuka, Mie) is a female Japanese beach volleyball player. Often referred to in media reports as the "pixie of beach volleyball" or simply "pixie of the beach" for her good looks, Asao has helped to popularize beach volleyball in Japan while herself becoming a national celebrity through her numerous appearances on television and in magazines and newspapers.[2][3]


References

  1. ^ a b Official profile Retrieved on 5 July 2009 (Japanese)
  2. ^ 内田, 剛樹 (24 February 2007). "浅尾美和：“ビーチバレーの妖精”が象に恐怖？　密着ＤＶＤ発売". Mainichi Shimbun. http://mainichi.jp/enta/geinou/graph/200702/24/. Retrieved 5 May 2008. 
  3. ^ "第１回　浅尾美和（ビーチバレー） “春高のアイドル”から“ビーチの妖精”に". Mainichi Shimbun. 2 June 2006. http://mainichi.jp/enta/sports/graph/spodol/001/. Retrieved 5 May 2008. 

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