Mika Sakai
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Spaced hiragana: さかい みか
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Kanji: 酒井美佳 Spaced hiragana: さかい みか |
| Born | March 7, 1975 |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Sport | |
| Bowling Information | |
| Affiliation | JPBA |
| License no. | 268, Class 25 |
| Rookie year | 1992 |
| Dominant hand | Right |
| Wins | 3 |
| 300-games | 1 |
| Video of form | |
| Sponsors | DHC |
| Personal blog | Official log |
Mika Sakai (酒井 美佳, Sakai Mika; born March 7, 1975) is a Japanese female professional ten-pin bowler. She is a member of the Japan Professional Bowling Association, license no. 268.
Sakai comes from a bowling family. Her father is Takeo Sakai, also a professional bowler in Japan. He is the last JPBA member to win the Round1 Japan Cup, doing so in 1988. Her younger sister is Reika Sakai, who as sisters competed in P-League.
Sakai first started bowling while in elementary school. During the second grade of junior high-school, her father won the first All-Japan Championship. It was this event that inspired her to become a professional bowler. She frequented the bowling establishments every day, practicing after school while being coached by her father. She became a professional in 1992 at the age of 17, just missing out on breaking the record for being the youngest to become a professional in the JPBA (16). The Sakais also became the first parent/child duo to be active professional bowlers at the same time.[1]
In 2002, father and daughter formed a doubles team, and won the All-Japan Mixed Doubles tournament. In the same year, Sakai won the Tokai Women's Open. In 2006, Sakai became a part of the first Bowling Revolution P★League tournament.
