What is Yumika Yokoyama?
{{nihongo|'''Yumika Yokoyama'''|横山 友美佳|Yokoyama Yumika|2 March 1987 - 17 April 2008}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[volleyball player]]. ==Life and career== Yumika Yokoyama was born on 2 March 1987 in [[Beijing]].<ref name=mw/> She studied at [[Shimokitazawa Seitoku High School]] and [[Waseda University]].<ref name=mw/> Her school friend was volleyball player [[Saori Kimura]].<ref name=mw/> She played at the [[2004 FIVB World Grand Prix]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2004/Teams/Team_Roster.asp?code=JPN&sm=47|title=Team Rosters|website=www.fivb.org|access-date=2020-06-30}}</ref> She wanted to play in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=mw/> However, she died before the event.<ref name=mw/> She was diagnosed with [[cancer]].<ref name=mw/> She died of [[rhabdomyosarcoma]] on 17 April 2008, aged 21.<ref name=spon>{{cite news|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2010/09/20/01.html|script-title=ja:相武＆比嘉でドラマ化 バレー日本代表“絆の物語”|work=[[Sponichi Annex]]|publisher=[[Sports Nippon Newspapers]] |date=2010-09-20|access-date=2020-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807103305/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2010/09/20/01.html|archive-date=2011-08-07|language=Japanese}}</ref> She wrote a book, {{Nihongo|''Ashita mo mata ikite ikou''|明日もまた生きていこう|Ashita mo mata ikite ikou|lit. Let's live again tomorrow}}.<ref name=mw>{{Cite web|url=https://magazineworld.jp/books/paper/1871/|title=明日もまた生きていこう 十八歳でがん宣告を受けた私|last=著|first=横山 友美佳|website=マガジンワールド|language=ja|access-date=2020-06-30}}</ref> It was adapted into a [[Japanese television drama]] in 2010.<ref name=spon/> == References == <references /> == Other websites == * {{cite web|url=http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/life/infinite-saorin-kimura-japans-volleyball-star-leads-team-bright-future-326067|title=Saori Kimura: Japan's rising volleyball superstar|last=Martin|first=Rick|date=2015-11-20|website=CNN Travel|access-date=2020-06-30}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yokoyama, Yumika}} [[Category:1987 births]] [[Category:200