At the Winter Olympics, the Japanese ice dance group Miri Komatsubara / Sōtō Komatsubara made an impression. At that time, many people found out, how can a white person play for the Japanese team? In fact, this Japanese player named KomatsubaraZumi was an American before, but after marrying his Japanese wife Miri Komatsubara, he changed his name and nationality to represent the Japanese team. Moreover, along with Misato Komatsubara, he won the Olympic bronze medal in the team competition.
With such an honor, did Komatsubara gain the support of Japanese ice fans? Miri Komatsubara and Azumi Komatsubara said in interviews that they would still receive extreme remarks and ask them to "roll back to their own country." 2 people said, "There are still a lot of insulting comments, it is not easy to say, anyway, some discriminatory remarks, the most surprising thing to me is the sentence 'Get back to your own national team'." ”
Originally named Tim Coletto, Komatsubara was born in the United States and naturalized in Japan in 2020 and began playing for the Japanese team. In fact, before becoming a naturalized Japanese, Komatsubara's partner was Korean-American ice dancer Min Xiula, and then he changed partners, and in the 16-17 season, he began to face choices with his current wife Miri Komatsubara. In the end, Komatsubara chose Japanese citizenship, which is his wife's country.
Interestingly, because Japan requires couples to have the same surname, Tim Coletto changed his name to Komatsubara Andi came to a "woman singing husband and wife". In the end, the 2 people were successful at the Winter Olympics. Originally thought that changing nationality, changing names, and achieving honors, Japanese ice fans should all support themselves, but Komatsubara did not expect to encounter some extreme voices.
In addition, the interview with Miri Komatsuhara talked about a topic, that is, she is a vegetarian. As a female partner in the figure skating doubles event, the most important thing is to control weight, and Miri Komatsubara proved that athletes can do it without eating meat...