Mika Kurihara Fujitaka
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| Born | 14 May 1989 Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||
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Mika Kurihara (栗原 三佳, born 14 May 1989) is a Japanese basketball player.[1] She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
Professional Career
[edit]Kurihara started her professional career in 2012, playing for the Toyota Antelopes. She played for the Antelopes until 2021 when the team won their first ever championship title. Kurihara announced her retirement after that win.[3]
International career
[edit]Kurihara represented Japan at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, and the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.[4]
Kurihara was a member of the gold medal winning Japanese team at the 2015 FIBA Asia Cup in Wuhan.[5]
Kurihara represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She had the third best three-point scoring percentage in the tournament.[3] This was despite her fracturing and separating a finger in the first match against Belarus.[6]
Personal
[edit]Kurihara married Soichiro Fujitaka, a professional basketball player for the Osaka Evessa, in 2017.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "[] 栗原 三佳(ソウ) | Wリーグ選手紹介". Wリーグ（バスケットボール女子日本リーグ） (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "Profile". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ a b Co.,Ltd, livedoor (2021-03-31). "トヨタ自動車の栗原三佳と西澤瑠乃が現役生活にピリオド…有終の美を飾る". バスケットボールキング (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Mika Fujitaka - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ 公益財団法人日本バスケットボール協会 (2015-09-05). "第26回FIBA ASIA女子バスケットボール選手権大会 最終日結果 -ハヤブサジャパン 女子日本代表チームはFIBA ASIA選手権2連覇達成！3大会ぶり(2004年アテネ大会以来)オリンピック出場権獲得-". 公益財団法人日本バスケットボール協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "【リオ五輪、その後】栗原三佳（トヨタ自動車）度重なるケガの試練と向き合いながら『自分の仕事』をやり切ったシーズン | バスケットボール総合情報サイト バスケットカウント BASKET COUNT" (in Japanese). 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "［新婚インタビュー］藤高宗一郎との結婚を発表した栗原三佳が語る「夫婦ともどもプレーヤーとして成長していきたい」". 25 May 2017.
