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

• Connell, Ryann (May 2, 2008). "Beach volleyball star and Olympic no-show Miwa Asao pays the bills without the skills". Mainichi Shimbun. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080503015930/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/face/news/20080502p2g00m0dm010000c.html. Retrieved 2 May 2008. 
• Fujii, Toshiya (translator) (September 22, 2007). "Asao may swap beach volleyball for showbiz". Japan Today. http://www.japantoday.com/jp/shukan/415. Retrieved 18 October 2007. 

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. 

External links

• Official Website
• Official Blog
• Miwa Asao - Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database

Persondata
Name	Asao, Miwa
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	2 February 1986
Place of birth	Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Date of death
Place of death