Mayumi Abe

Honestly, there's something quietly compelling about Mayumi Abe that I find hard to ignore. She's a former basketball player from Otofuke, Hokkaido, born in 1984 and standing 174 cm, who came through Sapporo Yamanote High School and spent a decade in Japan's top women's leagues with Shanson, Aisin AW and Hitachi High-Technologies. Basketball demands that you think and move at the same time, which means the people who stick with it long-term tend to be sharper than they look. After retiring in 2011 she moved into coaching, eventually returning to Shanson V-Magic as an assistant, and I respect someone who lets the work speak and then passes it on.

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Mayumi Abe (born June 14, 1984) is a Japanese former basketball player and coach from Otofuke, Hokkaido. A 174 cm forward, she starred at Sapporo Yamanote High School, then played for Shanson Kasei, Aisin AW Wings and Hitachi High-Technologies Cougars, helping Hitachi win the W1 league and return to the W League. After retiring in 2011 she became an assistant coach, including with her former club Shanson V-Magic from 2017.

Name (English)

Mayumi Abe

Name (Japanese)

阿部真弓

Reading

あべ まゆみ

Born

June 14, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Hokkaido, Japan

Height

174cm

Occupation

Basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rat

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E9%83%A8%E7%9C%9F%E5%BC%93
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11657904

Tags

• From Hokkaido
• Basketball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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