(born October 21, 1976) is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

player who played as a pitcher between 1996 and 2004 in the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

. She won two medals for Japan.Juri Takayama Biography and Olympic Results
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Japanese softball players Living people Softball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic softball players of Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Softball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Softball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1976 births Olympic medalists in softball Asian Games medalists in softball Softball players at the 2002 Asian Games Softball players at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{japan-softball-bio-stub