(born August 25, 1985 in

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin metropolitan area along wi ...

) is a Japanese

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 won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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* * 1985 births Japanese softball players Living people Olympic softball players of Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in softball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-softball-bio-stub