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Softball At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Softball was featured at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo for the first time since the 2008 Summer Olympics. The tournament consisted of six teams. Baseball/softball was one of five sports added to the program of the 2020 Summer Olympics only. The first six opening round games were played at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium in an effort to highlight Fukushima's recovery from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, while the remaining games were played at Yokohama Stadium. Softball will not return in 2024. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors. The opening match of the event between Australia and Japan meant that for the first time since 1996, the opening match of the summer Olympiad was not a football match. Competition format The softball tournament featured a single round-robin of the six teams in whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama Stadium
is a baseball stadium in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It opened in 1978 and has a capacity of 34,046 people. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. The stadium features dirt around the bases and pitcher's mound, but with dirt colored turf infield and base paths. The entire green portion of the field is also turfed. It hosted an Australian rules football match and drew the second largest crowd for such an event outside of Australia. Concerts Santana and Masayoshi Takanaka performed at the stadium on August 2, 1981. Anzen Chitai performed at the stadium on August 31, 1985. The live performance titled "One Night Theater 1985" was recorded and released on VHS on December 21, 1985, and on LaserDisc and Video High Density on January 25, 1986. The performance was released on CD and DVD on August 19, 1998. Michael Jackson performed at the stadium during his ''Bad World Tour'' in five sold-out concerts, more than any other artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamato Fujita
is a Japanese softball pitcher for the Japan women's national softball team. (in Japanese). Retrieved July 31, 2021. She represented Japan at the and won a gold medal. She participated at the , and the 2018 Women's Softball World Championship
The 2018 Women's Softball World Championship was an international ...
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Ali Aguilar
Alison Paige Aguilar (born August 28, 1995) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, softball player at shortstop. She played college softball at Washington from 2014 to 2017 where she was named a three-time First Team All-Pac-12 and a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second and Third Team All-American in her last two years. She won the Cowles Cup with the Scrap Yard Dawgs of the National Pro Fastpitch in 2017. She also played professionally in Japan. She represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. Early life Aguilar was born in Roseville, California to parents Mark and Kristin Aguilar. Aguilar started softball at an early age playing Bobby Sox in Rio Linda, California, where she credits Coach Anita Orozco for showing her the ropes at such an early age. She graduated from Casa Roble High School in Orangevale, California in 2013 with a 3.8 GPA and with four letters in softball. Playing career College Aguilar pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Yamamoto
Yu Yamamoto (山本優, ''Yamamoto Yū'', born 20 August 1988) is a Japanese softball player. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... and won a gold medal. References 1988 births Living people Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Japanese softball players Olympic softball players of Japan Asian Games medalists in softball Softball players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Softball players at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in softball Olympic gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eri Yamada
is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. At Beijing, Yamada hit .344 in the tournament while belting two home runs and driving in five for Japan. In the gold medal game she went 2-3, including a solo shot off Cat Osterman Catherine Leigh Osterman (born April 16, 1983) is a retired American softball player. Osterman pitched on the United States women's national softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver medal at the 2008 and 2020 Su .... References 1984 births Japanese softball players Living people Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in softball Olympic softball players of Japan Olympic medalists in softball Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Softball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saki Yamazaki
Saki Yamazaki (山崎早紀, born 12 November 1991) is a Japanese softball player. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... References 1991 births Living people Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Japanese softball players Olympic softball players of Japan Asian Games medalists in softball Softball players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in softball Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiko Ueno
is a Japanese, (in Japanese). ''Japan Softball League''. Retrieved July 31, 2021. medal-winning Olympian, professional right-handed pitcher for Bic Camera Takasaki Bee Queen and the Japanese national team, who holds a bronze and two gold medals from the 2004, 2008 and 2020 , respectively. She became the first pitcher ever to throw a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minori Naito
Minori Naito (内藤実穂, born 26 April 1994) is a Japanese softball player. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... and won a gold medal. References 1994 births Living people Asian Games medalists in softball Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Japanese softball players Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in softball Olympic softball players of Japan Softball players at the 2018 Asian Games Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2022 World Games World Games silver medalists World Games medalists in softball 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayaka Mori
is a feminine Japanese given name. People with the name * Sayaka Aida (born 1975), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese swimmer * Sayaka Akimoto (born 1988), Japanese idol, singer, dancer, actress, television host, and model * Sayaka Ando (born 1981), Japanese gravure idol * Sayaka Aoki (comedian) (born 1973), Japanese comedian *Sayaka Aoki (voice actress) (born 1972), Japanese voice actress *Sayaka Araki (born 1984), Japanese fashion model and hostess *Sayaka Hirota (born 1994), Japanese badminton player *Sayaka Hobara (born 1998), Japanese badminton player * Sayaka Ichii (born 1983), member of Morning Musume *, Japanese gravure idol, television personality, actress and writer * Sayaka Itō (AV Idol) (born 1968), Japanese AV Idol * Sayaka Kamiya (born 1982), Japanese actress and model * Sayaka Kamiyama, Japanese singer, member of Thyme *Sayaka Kanda (1986–2021), daughter of J-pop star Seiko Matsuda and releases music under the name Sayaka * Sayaka Kinoshita, Japanese voice actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiyo Mine
is a Japanese softball player who plays as a catcher. She won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat .... References 1988 births Japanese softball players Living people Olympic softball players of Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in softball Asian Games medalists in softball Softball players at the 2010 Asian Games Softball players at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Fukuoka (city) Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan 21st-century Japanese wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayu Kiyohara
Kiyohara Nayu (清原 奈侑, ''Kiyohara Nayu'') is a Japanese softball player who plays as a catcher. She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... and won a gold medal. References Japanese softball players Living people Olympic softball players of Japan Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 1991 births Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in softball Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-softball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitomi Kawabata
Hitomi Kawabata (川畑瞳) is a Japanese softball player who plays as a infielder. She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal. Playing career She participated in the 2016 Women's Softball World Championship The 2016 Women's Softball World Championship was an international softball competition to be held in Surrey, British Columbia between July 15 and July 24, 2016. Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
