was a Japanese

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, , at the 1962 World Championships and

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

. She died in 2016 at the age of 72. It is reported by The Sankei News that she lost her parents because of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

but never lost her patience, warm personality and strength."Sata Maruyama who suddenly died could not go cheer on her son, Japanese national team swimmer." THE SANKEI NEWS 2016.12.20 11:54

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Video of 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball（the person who appears as the 1st Japanese server and 2nd Japanese spiker in this video）

Sata Maruyama (née Isobe) passed away at 72. (The second player from the right in the photograph) / THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS
* 1944 births 2016 deaths Olympic volleyball players for Japan Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Japan Japanese women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture 20th-century Japanese sportswomen Volleyball players from Chiba Prefecture {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub