Mika Kurihara Fujitaka Explained
| Mika Kurihara Fujitaka |
| Birth Date: | 1989 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Osaka, Japan |
| Position: | Shooting guard |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 150 |
| League: | JBL |
| Number: | 24 |
is a Japanese basketball player.[1] She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
Professional career
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
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. This was despite her fracturing and separating a finger in the first match against Belarus.[6]
Personal
Kurihara married Soichiro Fujitaka, a professional basketball player for the Osaka Evessa, in 2017.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: 栗原 三佳 . Mika Kurihara . Women's Japan Basketball League . ja . 15 October 2024.
- Web site: Mika Fujitaka . FIBA.basketball . 20 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180910113406/http://www.fiba.basketball/olympicswomen/2016/player/Mika-Fujitaka . 10 September 2018 . live.
- Web site: 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 . Toyota Motor Corporation's Mika Kurihara and Runo Nishizawa end their active careers... a fitting end . BasketballKing.jp . ja . 31 March 2021 . 14 October 2024.
- Web site: Mika Fujitaka . FIBA.basketball . 15 October 2024.
- Web site: 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- . 26th FIBA ASIA Women's Basketball Championship Final Day Results - Hayabusa Japan Women's National Team wins FIBA ASIA Championship for the second consecutive year! First Olympic berth in three tournaments (since Athens 2004) - . JapanBasketball.jp . ja . 5 September 2015 . 15 October 2024.
- Web site: 【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 . [After the Rio Olympics] Mika Kurihara (Toyota Motor Corporation) A season in which she completed her job despite facing repeated injury challenges . Basket-Count.com . ja . 18 April 2017 . 15 October 2024.
- Web site: ［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」 . [Newlywed interview] Mika Kurihara, who announced her marriage to Soichiro Fujitaka, says, "I want to grow as a player, together with my wife" . Basket-Count.com . ja . 25 May 2017.
