{{Infobox professional bowler |name = Mika Sakai |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|3|7|mf=yes}} |birth_place = [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka, Japan]] |height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |affiliation = JPBA |license = 268 |classno = 25 |rookieyear = 1992 |hand = Right |logogram = Kanji |logogramname = 酒井美佳 |spacedtype = Spaced hiragana |spaced = さかい みか |championships = 3 |300games = 1 |highseries = |videourl = [http://www.prlife.co.jp/sakai.wmv] |sponsors = [http://top.dhc.co.jp/contents/support/bowling/profile.html DHC] |blogurl = [http://www.dhcblog.com/bowling_s/ Official log] }} {{Nihongo|'''Mika Sakai'''|酒井 美佳|Sakai Mika|born March 7, 1975}} is a Japanese female professional [[ten-pin bowling|ten-pin bowler]]. She is a member of the [[Japan Professional Bowling Association]], license no. 268.
Sakai comes from a bowling family. Her father is Takeo Sakai, also a professional bowler in Japan. He is the last JPBA member to win the [[Round1 Japan Cup]], doing so in 1988. Her younger sister is Reika Sakai, who as sisters competed in [[Bowling Revolution P-League|P-League]].
== Biography == Sakai first started bowling while in elementary school. During the second grade of junior high-school, her father won the first All-Japan Championship. It was this event that inspired her to become a professional bowler. She frequented the bowling establishments every day, practicing after school while being coached by her father. She became a professional in 1992 at the age of 17, just missing out on breaking the record for being the youngest to become a professional in the JPBA (16). The Sakais also became the first parent/child duo to be active professional bowlers at the same time.<ref>[https://ameblo.jp/pleague-mikasakai/ Mika Sakai @ P-League]</ref>
In 2002, father and daughter formed a doubles team, and won the All-Japan Mixed Doubles tournament. In the same year, Sakai won the Tokai Women's Open. In 2006, Sakai became a part of the first [[Bowling Revolution P★League]] tournament.
== Major accomplishments == Source:<ref>[https://ameblo.jp/pleague-mikasakai/ Mika Sakai @ P-League]</ref> * 2002 - All-Japan Mixed Doubles (winner, along with her dad) * 2002 - Tokai Women's Open (winner) * 2003 - Eagle Classic (2nd place) * 2005 - DHC Ladies Bowling Tour, 2005 season, 1st leg (winner) * 2006 - Miyazaki Professional/Amateur Open (3rd place, 300-game) * 2006 - JLBC Prince Cup (2nd place) * 2007 - Rokko Queen's Open (8th place) * 2012 - 32nd All-Japan Open Mixed Doubles (winner, along with Kyung-sin Park)
'''P★League''' * Tournament 7 - 3rd place * Tournament 11 - 2nd place * Tournament 26 - 2nd place * Tournament 34 - 2nd place * Tournament 38 - 3rd place * Personal records: nine strikes in a row, high game 279
Sakai-pro currently holds the P-League record for high three-game series of 789 (275-257-257). She also ties with other bowlers for the most strikes in a single game (11).
== References == {{Reflist|1}}
== External links == *[https://www.p-league.jp/ P★League] *[https://ameblo.jp/pleague-mikasakai/ P★League official blog] *[https://blog.excite.co.jp/p-mikasakai Official blog]
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