Figure skater Mao Asada smiles after accepting the 2005 Japanese sportsman of the year award, given by the Foreign Sportswriters Association of Japan, from Japan Times sports editor and FSAJ president Jack Gallagher.
Figure skating champion Mao Asada hoisted a different kind of trophy Monday night.
The 15-year-old star was honored as the top Japanese athlete for 2005 by the Foreign Sportswriters Association of Japan at a dinner in Tokyo.