Mika Miyazato

Mika Miyazato is a pro golfer from Naha, Okinawa, born in 1989, and honestly that origin story already tells you something — there's a certain unhurried confidence that seems to come with growing up where the ocean is always in view. Golf is a sport that punishes noise and rewards stillness, and I get the sense she fits that mold perfectly: reading the wind, reading the green, then committing to the shot without flinching. Playing as a Japanese woman on professional tours takes a particular kind of quiet toughness that doesn't get enough credit. She won the Japan Women's Amateur at 14 and later an LPGA Tour title, and the fact that she built a professional life in a sport where every bad round is entirely on you, no teammates to share the weight, says more about her character than any highlight reel could.

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Mika Miyazato is a professional golfer born on October 10, 1989, in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. She competes under her real name and maintains an official website as well as a presence on X (formerly Twitter). She won the 2004 Japan Women's Amateur at 14, the youngest champion in the event's history, and has won the 2010 Japan Women's Open and the 2012 Safeway Classic on the LPGA Tour.

Name (English)

Mika Miyazato

Name (Japanese)

宮里美香

Reading

みやざと みか

Born

October 10, 1989 (age 37)

Origin

Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Occupation

Golfer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

• Official sitehttps://www.mika-miyazato.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/mikachin1010
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%AE%E9%87%8C%E7%BE%8E%E9%A6%99
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6845540

Tags

• From Okinawa
• Golfer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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