Ami Yuasa

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Ami Yuasa
湯浅亜実

| image = XGames-Chiba-2022 2022-04-24 0921 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Yuasa in 2022

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|12|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

| country = {{JAP}}

| sport = Breaking

| medaltemplates =

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{{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|2024}}|B-Girls}}

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Ami Yuasa (湯浅亜実, Yuasa Ami, born December 11, 1998),{{Cite web |url=https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=DanceSports%20Breaking.pdf |title=2022 World Games: DanceSports Breaking Results Book |work=World Games |access-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720235417/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=DanceSports%20Breaking.pdf |url-status=dead}} also known mononymously as Ami, is a Japanese breakdancer and Olympic gold medalist. She is the winner of the 2018 and 2023 Red Bull BC One world championship and the WDSF World Breaking Champions 2019 and 2022. She is a member of the Good Foot Crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.redbull.com/jp-ja/artist/bgirl-ami |title=B-Girl Ami（湯浅亜実）- ブレイクダンス |author=RedBull.com |website=Red Bull |accessdate=February 18, 2023}}

Early life and education

Yuasa was born in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/-ami_1953038 |title=Ami |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |accessdate=August 11, 2024 |quote=PASSPORT NAME: Ami Yuasa}} She graduated from Saitama Prefectural Kawaguchi High School and Komazawa University, Faculty of Letters, in the Department of English and American Literature.{{cite web |url=https://www.komazawa-u.ac.jp/alumni/activity-2/post-67.html |title=【同窓生の活躍】ブレイキン・湯浅亜実さん 2022.10 |author=駒澤大学 |accessdate=February 18, 2023}}

Career

Yuasa started learning hip hop in the first grade of elementary school due to the influence of her sister Ayu, who is four years older than her, and started breaking in the fifth grade.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mensnonno.jp/lifestyle/sports/408885/ |title=「自分のダンススタイルをとことん貫いて、どこまで通用するのか挑戦したい」ブレイキン湯浅亜実／ロングインタビュー |website=MEN'S NON-NO WEB |date=December 7, 2023 |accessdate=February 19, 2024}}

In April 2018, Yuasa won the B-Girl World Final of Red Bull BC One held in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2019, she won the inaugural WDSF World Breaking Championship held in Nanjing, China. In September 2019, Yuasa won the 1st World Urban Championship held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLSSXK00029_V10C19A9000000/ |title=ブレイクダンス、湯浅が初代女王世界アーバン大会 |newspaper=日本経済新聞 |date=September 15, 2019 |accessdate=February 19, 2024}} In November 2020, she won the 2nd All Japan Breaking Championship in the Open B-Girl division.{{Cite web |url=https://fineplay.me/dance/60177/ |title=日本全国からトップBBOY & BGIRLが集結！「第２回全日本ブレイキン選手権」「JOC ジュニアオリンピックカップブレイキン選手権」ダイジェスト |website=FINEPLAY |date=November 24, 2020 |accessdate=February 19, 2024}} In 2021, Yuasa is the runner up in the 3rd WDSF World Breaking Championship held in Paris, France.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gqjapan.jp/culture/article/20210801-ami-yuasa |title=ブレイキン・湯浅亜実「何歳でもB-Girl」2021.8.1 |author=GQ JAPAN |date=August 2021 |accessdate=February 18, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.danceview.co.jp/news/?p=17161 |title=「2022年度文部科学大臣顕彰をブレイキン選手が受賞」2022.11.27 |author=danceview.co.jp |accessdate=February 18, 2023}} Although she was unable to win for the second time in a row, she and her sister Ayu, who came in third, made it to the podium together.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/ja/news/top-things-you-need-to-know-b-girl-ami-breaking |title=「世界を魅了するブレイカー湯浅亜実」 |author=Olympics |accessdate=February 18, 2023}}

Yuasa participated at the 2022 World Games in the dancesport competition where she won the gold medal in the B-Girls event.{{Cite news |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=July 10, 2022 |title=Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship" |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1125572/egyptian-sumo-team-banned-world-games |access-date=July 12, 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/07/12/more-sports/yuasa-world-games-breakdancing-gold/ |title=Ami Yuasa wins World Games gold as Ayumi Fukushima finishes third |work=The Japan Times |date=July 12, 2022 |access-date=July 17, 2022}} In October 2022, she won the 4th WDSF World Breaking Championships held in Seoul, South Korea for the second time, following her victory in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2022102200523&g=spo |title=「湯浅亜実が2度目制覇男子の半井重は準V―世界ブレイクダンス」2022.10.22 |author=jiji.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022110951/https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2022102200523&g=spo |accessdate=February 18, 2023 |archive-date=October 22, 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://kumin.news/tama/articles/306563 |title=「B-Girl Amiこと湯浅亜実さんら川崎市に住むブレイクダンサー3人」2022.10. |author=多摩区民ニュース |accessdate=February 18, 2023}}

Yuasa represented Japan in Breaking in the 2024 Summer Olympics,{{Cite web |last=Pu |first=Jason |title=6 B-Girls To Watch At The Paris 2024 Olympics |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonpu/2024/07/19/6-b-girls-to-watch-at-the-paris-2024-olympics/ |access-date=August 9, 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en}} winning the gold medal.{{Cite web |title=Breaking Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/breaking/b-girls/fnl-000100-- |website=Olympics.com}} Dominika Banevič of Lithuania took the silver medal.{{Cite web |title=Raygun: Australian professor's breakdancing routine goes viral as she fails to score a single point at Paris Olympics |url=https://news.sky.com/story/raygun-australian-professors-breakdancing-routine-goes-viral-as-she-fails-to-score-a-single-point-at-paris-olympics-13194828#:~:text=Around%20five%20hours%20later%20Japan's,Dominika%20Banevic,%20in%20the%20final. |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=Sky News |language=en}}

References

External links

{{WDSF profile|Ami-Yuasa-3851d273-facf-43a2-8d86-aa9300cd417a|Ami Yuasa (B-Girl Ami)}}
{{Olympics.com|name=Ami Yuasa (B-Girl Ami)}}
{{World Games|name=Ami Yuasa}}
{{Instagram|name=Ami Yuasa}}

Category:1998 births

Category:Living people

Category:Japanese breakdancers

Category:Japanese female dancers

Category:Olympic breakdancers for Japan

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Japan

Category:Olympic medalists in breakdancing

Category:Breakdancers at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:World Games gold medalists for Japan

Category:World Games medalists in dancesport

Category:Medalists at the 2022 World Games

Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan