Masae Komiya
Masae Komiya is a Japanese goalball player with a congenital visual impairment. 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 finally came. I was so overcome with emotion that I couldn't finish singing the 'Kimigayo' national anthem."
Her impairment was caused by retinitis pigmentosa, which destroyed her vision in both eyes when she was in primary school. She began playing in 2001. Her coach, Naoki Eguro, introduced her to the sport.
