Masae Komiya

Masae Komiya (born in Fukuoka on 8 May 1975) is a Japanese goalball player with a congenital visual impairment. Her coach, Naoki Eguro, introduced her to the sports. She was part of the bronze medal winning Japanese women's team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she captained the gold medal winning Japanese women's team. After the game she stated "The day [we waited for] finally came. I was so overcome with emotion that I couldn't finish singing the 'Kimigayo' national anthem."