Aino Kinjō

Aino Kinjō is a Japanese female professional ten-pin bowler, born on 29 August 1974, who is a member of the Japan Professional Bowling Association under license number 284. She first came to bowling in junior high school, when her parents took her along, and her interest grew through her brother, a national-level player. After high school coaching she joined the Fukuoka and Ishikawa national teams, failed the second stage of the professional test, worked at a Fukuoka bowling alley to keep practising, and passed the next year. She was named overall ladies champion in her debut year, and by March 2009 she had four tour wins, two of them recognised as perfect wins. Her results include the 2001 Otsu Prince Cup, the 2003 Karuizawa Prince Cup and the 2008 International Bowl Open in the professional division, and second place at the All-Japan Women's Pro Bowling Championship in 1999 and 2009. On the P-League broadcasts she was nicknamed the Bowling Queen of Okinawa.