Hiroko Yamasaki, an Olympic gymnast, joined and left the UC

Nearly 200 reporters came to this April 1993 press conference in Tokyo when Hiroko Yamasaki revealed her decision to leave the Unification Church.

Tokyo’s tabloids have been agog for a month over the disappearance of Hiroko Yamasaki, a 33-year-old former Olympic gymnast, who has provided the church with acres of publicity since her marriage at the mass-wedding in Korea in August 1992 to a groom selected for her by the Rev Moon. She reappeared, renouncing the church and claiming it had all been a terrible mistake.

“Asahi Weekly” March 26th 1993, pages 30-33



A secret feud between the Unification Church and a conversion group is revealed in the case of the disappearance of Hiroko Yamasaki

「週刊朝日」（1993.3.26）、３０～３３頁

山崎浩子の失踪で明らかになった

統一教会 vs 改宗グループの暗闘

Hiroko Yamasaki (former Olympic athlete in rhythmic gymnastics)

In August 1992 she participated in a Unification Church mass wedding, along with Junko Sakurada and others. In response to the efforts of her family and a pastor, she decided to reconsider and she left. In April 1993, she held a press conference. During this conference she used the term “mind control” which has since become widespread.



山崎浩子（元新体操オリンピック代表選手）

1992年8月、桜田淳子らとともに統一教会の合同結婚式に参加。家族や牧師の説得を受けて脱会し、1993年4月、記者会見を開いた。この時、彼女が使ったことで「マインドコントロール」という言葉が広まった。

愛が偽りに終わるとき

When love turns out to be not true

山崎浩子 vs 林真理子 独占対談

VIDEO: Hiroko Yamasaki, a former rhythmic gymnastics Olympian, realized being in the Unification Church was a terrible mistake



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