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My Take
Seto, Aichi is famous for ceramics — pottery towns don't exactly scream combat sports — so when a taekwondo athlete emerges from there it already tells you something about someone willing to carve their own path. Miyu Yamada, born December 1993, took the serious route: Seirei high school into Daito Bunka University, both well-known pipelines for competitive taekwondo in Japan. At 167 cm she has the reach and the frame for the discipline, and taekwondo at a competitive level is genuinely brutal in ways casual viewers underestimate — the precision timing, the split-second reads, the weight of showing up to a mat where one bad angle ends your tournament. I don't know a ton about her personal life because she keeps it tightly private, and honestly that kind of quiet focus tends to track with serious athletes. There's a Seto-pottery metaphor practically begging to be made here: slow heat, patient craft, durability over flash.
Overview
Miyu Yamada is a Japanese taekwondo athlete born on December 13, 1993, in Seto, Aichi Prefecture. She attended Seirei Junior High School and High School before going on to Daito Bunka University, both well-known institutions in competitive taekwondo circles in Japan. Standing 167 cm tall, she has pursued a career in taekwondo, representing the athletic path forged through those schools.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Miyu Yamada
- Name (Japanese)
- 山田美諭
- Reading
- やまだ みゆ
- Born
- December 13, 1993 (age 32)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rooster (酉)
- Origin
- Seto, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 167 cm
- Occupation
- Taekwondo athlete
2. Background
- Junior high
- Seirei Junior High School
- High school
- Seirei High School
- University
- Daito Bunka University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E7%BE%8E%E8%AB%AD
Frequently asked questions
When was Miyu Yamada born?
Born December 13, 1993 (age 32).
Where is Miyu Yamada from?
Miyu Yamada is from Seto, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
What does Miyu Yamada do?
Miyu Yamada works as Taekwondo athlete.
How tall is Miyu Yamada?
Miyu Yamada is 167 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.