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My Take
Eri Yonamine is the kind of athlete who makes you stop and think, wait, how is she doing this? She grew up in Osaka, studied at the University of Tsukuba, and then just went ahead and built a legitimate professional road cycling career on the European circuit — a world that barely has any Japanese presence, let alone Japanese women competing at a real level. Road cycling is brutally hard even for riders who grew up surrounded by the sport, and she came at it from the outside and ground her way in anyway. At 160 cm she's racing courses that eat up riders of every size, and the fact that she raced professionally from 2016 to 2024, winning seven national road race titles, says everything. One of those athletes I root for quietly but genuinely.
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Overview
Eri Yonamine (born April 25, 1991, in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2016 and 2024 for seven different teams. She switched from tennis to cycling while at the University of Tsukuba, and won the Japanese National Road Race Championships seven times.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Eri Yonamine
- Name (Japanese)
- 與那嶺恵理
- Reading
- よなみね えり
- Born
- April 25, 1991 (age 35)
- Origin
- Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 160 cm
- Occupation
- Cyclist
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Goat
2. Background
- University
- University of Tsukuba
3. Links
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Eri Yonamine born?
Eri Yonamine was born on April 25, 1991 and is 35 years old.
Where is Eri Yonamine from?
Eri Yonamine is from Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
What does Eri Yonamine do?
Eri Yonamine works as Cyclist.
How tall is Eri Yonamine?
Eri Yonamine is 160 cm tall.
Where did Eri Yonamine study?
Eri Yonamine attended University of Tsukuba.