Masae Komiya
Masae Komiya (born in Fukuoka on 8 May 1975) is a Japanese goalball player with a congenital visual impairment. Her coach, Naoki Eguro, introduced her to the sports. She was part of the bronze medal winning Japanese women's team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she captained the gold medal winning Japanese women's team. After the game she stated "The day [we waited for] finally came. I was so overcome with emotion that I couldn't finish singing the 'Kimigayo' national anthem."[2]