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Japanese tradition holds that the practice of ama may be 2,000 years old. [2] Pearl divers in white uniforms, 1921. Records of female pearl divers, or ama, date back as early as AD 927 in Japan's Heian period. Early ama were known to dive for seafood and were honored with the task of retrieving abalone for shrines and imperial emperors.
Matsuri Arai (荒井 祭里, Arai Matsuri, born 18 January 2001) is a Japanese diver. [1] She competed in the women's 10 metre platform event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. [2] She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [3] She competed in the women's synchronized 10 metre platform and women's 10 metre ...
Haruka Enomoto (榎本遼香, Enomoto Haruka, born 14 September 1996) is a Japanese diver. She competed in the 2017 Summer Universiade, 2017 FINA Diving Grand Prix, [2] [3] and 2021 FINA Diving World Cup. She qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]
Leftmost print of Awabi-tori, Utamaro, c. 1788–90. The Japanese ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro made a number of prints depicting ama divers—women whose work is to dive for shellfish or pearls—catching haliotis abalone sea snails.
Minami Itahashi (板橋美波, Itahashi Minami, born 28 January 2000) is a Japanese diver. [1] She has represented Japan at various international events since the age of 14, including the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and the 2016 Summer Olympics .
Pages in category "Japanese female divers" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Matsuri Arai;
Ama Girls is a 1958 American short documentary film produced by Ben Sharpsteen. It was part of Disney's People & Places series. It won an Oscar at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959 for Documentary Short Subject. [1] It is also known as Japan Harvests the Sea. It depicts the lives of ama divers, Japanese women who dive for pearls. [2]
Hazuki represented Japan at the 2018 Asian Games which was her debut appearance at the Asian Games and competed in the women's 3 metre springboard and in the women's synchronized 3 metre springboard events. [3] She also competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in the women's synchronized 3 metre springboard event. [4]