Yasu
Yasu is the nickname of Japanese Olympic marathon swimmer and fashion designer Yasunari Hirai.
WOWSA Awards
I Swim And Travel Around The World by Yasu Fukuoka of Japan was nominated for the 2020 WOWSA Awards in the World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year category with the following nomination: Yasu Fukuoka is a 2-time Olympic marathon swimmer who entered the finish chute at the 2016 Rio Olympics in position to capture Japan's first Olympic medal in open water swimming. Yasu, as he is known among his competitors, in the Japanese media, and among race directors around the world is a personable, passionate athlete who has literally traveled around the world to over 50 countries either racing or training in pursuit of an Olympic medal. In cooperation with his Dutch Olympic friends including gold medalist Ferry Weertman, world record holder Esmee Vermeulen, Paralympic gold medalist Lisa Kruger, Olympic physiotherapist Jan Herber, and Olympic coach Patrick Pearson, Yasu created a lifestyle brand of clothing that speaks swimming. For establishing the first authentic clothing brand for swimmers, for designing fashionable jackets, jeans, sweatshirts, shirts, baseball and knit caps, t-shirts, cases and towels specifically for swimmers, and for identifying and defining a persona and ambiance for those who love training and competing in the water, I Swim And Travel Around The World by Yasu Fukuoka is a worthy nominee for the 2020 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year.
External links
- YASU Is Taking Off In Japan And Expanding Globally
- Styling For Swimmers
- 2020 WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Nominees
- YASU Enters Fashion World, Launches New Brand
- Yasunari Hirai website
- 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
- Yasunari Hirai blog
- 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming - Male Medal Contenders
- Cold Power North Bondi victory
- Pool Open Water in Japan
- Yasunari Hirai and Yuto Kobayashi in Portugal
- Pool Open Water In Japan
- 2012 London Olympics - The Men of Open Water Swimming
- Olympians Gather In Yakushima Open Water Swim
- London Opens Door For Open Water Swimming In Japan
- Matteo Furlan Is A Top Student At 2013 World University Games
- 2011 FINA 10K World Cup
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- Openwaterpedia
- Open Water Swimming Race Calendar
- It Changed My Life, Swimming With Yasunari Hirai
- A Royal Flush - The King And Queen Of The Sea
- Team Japan Takes Fourth On Copacabana Beach
- Valerio Cleri And Rachele Bruni Suit Up For Italy
- King And Queen Of The Sea Grid Race Results
- It Is Never Too Late For Yasunari Hirai
- Sam de Bona, Poliana Okimoto Are King, Queen Of The Sea
- Split Times, Average Times Of King And Queen Of The Sea
- Gloves For High-Tech Swimsuits
- Up To A Million Eyes On The Water
- When Swimmers, Polo Players And Triathletes Talk
- When Swimmers, Polo Players And Triathletes Talk
- Compliments In The Open Water World
- Tightly Taping Transponders
- Kane Radford Doubles Up At The Oceania Championships
- Rio Olympics, Two Tales Of A City
- How Copacabana Beach Changes Things In The Olympics
- Up To A Half Million Eyes On The Water
- Olympic Marathon Swimming Success Foreseen In Rio
- Guanabara Bay Is Not Copacabana Beach
- Yasunari Hirai, Yumi Kida Win Japan Championships
- Australian Men Looking For Gold On The Coast
- Juniors And Seniors Mix In Maui
- Hurray For Hirai
- Yasunari Hirai Wins Bay Of Islands Classic
- Swimming Against Top Blokes In New Zealand
- Yasunari Hirai Goes 2 For 2 In Auckland
- Hipsters In The Open Water Swimming World
- Nathan Capps Off The Season In First
- The Internationalization Of Open Water Swimming
- Will There Be Surprises In Tatayama, Japan?
- Happy Hipster Hirai
- Hirai Hailed As Hero
- Kicking It In
- Jordan Wilimovsky Is Honored At FINA's Soirée des Etoiles
- The Travels Of A Professional Marathon Swimmer
- The Man Named Yasunari Hirai…Or Hirai Yasunari…Or Yasu?
