Yūmi Kajihara

Yumi Kajihara is the kind of athlete who makes you quietly root hard for someone you'd never heard of until five minutes ago. Born in 1997 in Saitama, she's an Aries — fitting, honestly, because you don't chase a career in competitive cycling in Japan without a certain headstrong streak. Track and road cycling aren't exactly front-page sports there, so the fact that she's committed to it at a high level already tells you something about her character. She's 155 cm, which means she's not exactly built like the stereotypical power cyclist, but that gap between her frame and what she clearly puts her body through is weirdly compelling. She came out of a Tsukuba University-affiliated high school, which is no joke academically, so there's real discipline behind the pedaling. Still in her mid-twenties as of 2024 — her best years are almost certainly still ahead of her, and I genuinely want to see where she takes it.

Yūmi Kajihara is a Japanese competitive cyclist born on April 10, 1997, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Standing 155 cm tall, she attended Tsukuba University Attached Sakado High School, known for its academic rigor. She competes in track and road cycling and has represented Japan at the international level.

Name (English)

Yūmi Kajihara

Name (Japanese)

梶原悠未

Reading

かじはら ゆうみ

Born

April 10, 1997 (age 29)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

Origin

Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height

155 cm

Occupation

Cyclist

High school

Tsukuba University Attached Sakado High School

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%B6%E5%8E%9F%E6%82%A0%E6%9C%AA

Tags

• Saitama Prefecture
• Cyclist

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.