is a Japanese curler. She is a former World Junior champion.

Career

Junior

Ueno first represented Japan at the

2016 World Junior B Curling Championships The 2016 World Junior B Curling Championships was held from January 3 to 10 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland. The top three men’s and women’s teams at the World Junior B Curling Championships qualified for the 2016 World ...

, where she played

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for the team, which was skipped by Ayano Tsuchiya. There the team finished in second place, qualifying Japan for the

2016 World Junior Curling Championships The 2016 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 5 to 13 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Copenhagen, Denmark. Men Teams Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' is not able to be relegated due to their hosting o ...

. Ueno did not play for the team there, as she had high school entrance exams. Ueno was the alternate on the Japanese team (skipped by Sae Yamamoto) for the 2019–20 season. That season, the team won the

World Junior-B Curling Championships The World Junior-B Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel. The championships feature curlers under the age of 21 competing to qualify for three spots in the World Junior Curling Championships. Nations that participate are those which ...

and represented Japan at the

2020 World Junior Curling Championships The 2020 World Junior Curling Championships was held from February 15 to 22 at the Crystal Ice Arena in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Canada proved to be the best in the field in both events as Jacques Gauthier and Mackenzie Zacharias both won their res ...

. There, the finished in fourth place. Ueno did not play in any games in either event. Ueno threw last rocks on the Japanese team (skipped by Yamamoto, who threw lead rocks) at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships. There, the team finished the round robin with a 6–3 record. In the playoffs, the team won both of their games, including beating Sweden (skipped by Moa Dryburgh) in the final, to win the gold medal. It was the first time Japan won a gold medal in any curling discipline. Ueno was a member of the Japanese team at the

2023 Winter World University Games The Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, commonly known as Lake Placid 2023, was a collegiate Multi-sport event, multi-sport winter sports held between January 12 to January 22, 2023 and had Lake Placid, New York, Lake Placid, New York, ...

, throwing last rocks again on the team, which was skipped by Yamamoto. There, the team finished with a 2–7 record. Earlier in the season, the team won the

Argo Graphics Cup The Argo Graphics Cup, stylized as the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup is an annual curling tournament on the Hokkaido Curling Tour, and is a World Curling team ranking event. It is held annually in late August or early September at the Kitami Curling Hall in ...

Women's

In just their first season together, Ueno and her

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team of

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Junko Nishimuro is a Japanese curler from Otsuki, Yamanashi. She is the second on the SC Karuizawa Club curling team, which is skipped by Miyu Ueno. At the international level, she represented Japan at the 2005 Pacific Curling Championships and the 2006 Wor ...

and sister Yui won the

2024 Japan Curling Championships The 2024 Japan Curling Championships (branded as the 41st Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships) were held from January 28 to February 4 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The winning teams earned the right to repres ...

, beating Miky Nihira in the final. At the event, she was named the tournament MVP. The win earned the team the right to represent Japan at the

2024 World Women's Curling Championship The 2024 World Women's Curling Championship (45th) (branded as the 2024 BKT Tires World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held March 16 to 24 at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the first World Women's Ch ...

, where they went 3–9.

Mixed doubles

In 2024, Ueno also won the Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with partner Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi. The pair will represent Japan at the

2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 20 to 27 at the Östersund Arena in Östersund, Sweden. The event was held alongside the 2024 World Senior Curling Championships. Qualification The following nations qualifie ...

Personal life

Ueno was educated at Karuizawa Junior High School, Iwamurata High School and

Japan Women's University is the oldest and largest of private Japanese women's universities. The university was established on 20 April 1901 by education reformist . The university has around 6000 students and 200 faculty. It has two campuses, named after the neighbo ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ueno, Miyu Living people 2001 births Sportspeople from Nagano (city) Curlers from Nagano Prefecture Japanese female curlers Competitors at the 2023 Winter World University Games Japan Women's University alumni 21st-century Japanese sportswomen