Michiyo Fujimaru

Last updated

Michiyo Fujimaru
Personal information
Born (1979-04-06) April 6, 1979 (age 45)
Tokyo, Japan
Sport
Sport Synchronised swimming
Medal record
Representing Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Barcelona Team, free routine
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Fukuoka Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2003 BarcelonaTeam

Michiyo Fujimaru (born 6 April 1979) is a Japanese synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1984 Winter Olympics</span> Multi-sport event in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sarajevo '84, were a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a Slavic language-speaking country, as well as the only Winter Olympics held in a communist country before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games held in a communist country, after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1920 Summer Olympics</span> Multi-sport event in Antwerp, Belgium

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad and commonly known as Antwerp 1920, were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Water polo at the Summer Olympics</span>

Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.

Michiyo Okusu is a Chinese-born Japanese actress. She has been nominated for four Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 1981 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role prize for her performance in Zigeunerweisen. She began her career as a film ingenue using the stage name Michiyo Yasuda, under which she scored major early successes with films such as A Fool's Love and numerous love stories and "samurai" period piece dramas.

<i>Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru</i> Japanese anime television series

Fujimaru of the Wind: The Childhood of a Ninja, also known as Samurai Kid, is a Japanese anime series produced by Toei Animation. 65 episodes aired from 7 June 1964 until 31 August 1965. It tells the story of a ninja's pupil that controlled the wind.

<i>Bleach: The 3rd Phantom</i> 2008 video game

Bleach: The 3rd Phantom is a tactical role-playing game for Nintendo DS based on the popular manga written by Tite Kubo. It was released in 2008-2010 and is published by Sega.

<i>Bloody Monday</i> (manga) Japanese manga series

Bloody Monday is a Japanese manga series written by Ryō Ryūmon and illustrated by Kōji Megumi. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from March 2007 to April 2009, with its chapters collected in 11 tankōbon volumes. A second series, Bloody Monday Season 2: Pandora no Hako, was serialized in the same magazine from October 2009 to April 2011, with its chapters collected in eight volumes. A third series, Bloody Monday Final Season, was serialized in the same magazine from June 2011 to March 2012, with its chapters collected in four volumes. A television drama adaptation was broadcast for two seasons in 2008 and 2010, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cape Verde at the 2008 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Cape Verde competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Their participation marked their fourth Olympic appearance. Two Cape Verdeans competed in the Olympic games: Nelson Cruz participated as a marathon runner, and Wania Monteiro participated in gymnastics. Another athlete, Lenira Santos, was selected to compete in athletics but was forced to pull out due to injury. Monteiro was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies. Neither of the Cape Verdeans progressed beyond the first round.

The 1962 World Rowing Championships were the inaugural world championships in rowing. The competition was held in September 1962 on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. Rowers from West Germany dominated the competition, winning five of the seven boat classes.

Michiyo Ishikake is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Michiyo Heike, is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter from Osaka Prefecture and raised in Nabari, Mie. She first become known after her appearance on the Japanese talent show Asayan in the late 1990s, becoming the first member of the future "Hello! Project". Heike currently goes by the simply Michiyo.

Michiyo is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Sports Reference, LLC is an American company which operates several sports-related websites, including Sports-Reference.com, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Reference for ice hockey, Pro Football Reference for American football, and FBref for association football (soccer). They also operate a subscription based service for statistics, called Stathead. Between 2008 and 2020, Sports Reference also provided pages for the Olympic Games and its competitors.

Michiyo Fukaya, also known as Michiyo Cornell, was an American feminist poet and activist whose work played an important part in the lesbian and Asian American communities. In 1979, Fukaya gave a speech entitled "Living in Asian America: An Asian American Lesbian's Address Before the Washington Monument" at the First National Third World Lesbian and Gay Conference. Drawing a parallel between the oppression of men and women in Third World countries to the oppression experienced by lesbian and gay Asian Americans, she acknowledged they both stemmed from white racism. Fukaya called attention to both racism in the lesbian and gay movement as well as heterosexism in the growing Asian American community. Fukaya's writing appeared in publications such as Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians. Her poetry and prose is collected in A Fire Is Burning, It Is In Me: The Life and Writing of Michiyo Fukaya.

<i>Fate/Grand Order</i> 2015 Japanese mobile video game

Fate/Grand Order is a free-to-play Japanese gacha mobile game, developed by Lasengle using Unity, and published by Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The game is based on Type-Moon's Fate/stay night franchise, and was released in Japan on 29 July 2015 for Android, and on 12 August 2015, for iOS. English-language versions followed on 25 June 2017 in the United States and Canada, and a Korean version was released on 21 November 2017. An arcade version titled Fate/Grand Order Arcade was released by Sega in Japan on 26 July 2018.

Michiyo Inaoka is a Japanese athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Michiyo Hashimoto is a Japanese snowboarder. She competed in the women's halfpipe event at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michiyo Fujimaru". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2012.