FUJITA Yamato

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 18 Dec 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.65/5'4''

Place of birth: SASEBO

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Softball JPN Japan	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #1 AUS Australia 1 JPN Japan 8	Finished
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #5 MEX Mexico 2 JPN Japan 3	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #9 JPN Japan 5 ITA Italy 0	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #11 CAN Canada 0 JPN Japan 1	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #13 JPN Japan 1 USA United States 2	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Gold Medal Game #17 JPN Japan 2 USA United States 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Softball World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Softball	2014	Haarlem, NED
1	Softball	2012	Whitehorse, YT, CAN
2	Softball	2018	Chiba, JPN
2	Softball	2016	Surrey, BC, CAN

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Softball	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Softball	2019	Jakarta, INA
1	Softball	2017	Taichung, TPE

USA Softball International Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Softball	2019	Columbus, GA, USA

Australia Pacific Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Softball	2020	Blacktown, NSW, AUS
1	Softball	2018	Blacktown, NSW, AUS
3	Softball	2019	Blacktown, NSW, AUS

Yamato-san (yuden.co.jp, 01 Jan 2020)

Collecting sneakers. (yuden.co.jp, 01 Jan 2020; hochi.news, 20 Jan 2020; Instagram profile, 07 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Languages spoken:

Taiyo Yuden Solfille [Japan] since 2009

Noriko Yamaji [club], JPN; Reika Utsugi [national], JPN

Position style:

Pitcher (yuden.co.jp, 03 Mar 2020)

Bats right, throws right (bs-tvtokyo.co.jp, 14 Aug 2017)

2012 for Japan (hochi.news, 20 Jan 2020)

She tore a muscle in her left calf during a national team training camp in August 2018, which ruled her out of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (hochi.news, 20 Jan 2020)

She began playing softball at age six. (bs-tvtokyo.co.jp, 14 Aug 2017)

She was influenced by her older brother and got involved in baseball in primary school, before switching to softball. (hochi.news, 20 Jan 2020; nishinippon.co.jp, 22 Nov 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Smile Sports YouTube channel, 29 Aug 2019; hochi.news, 20 Jan 2020)

Japanese softball player Hiroko Sakai. (hochi.news, 20 Jan 2020)

Japanese softball player Hiroko Sakai, who has coached her at Taiyo Yuden Solfille. (bs-tvtokyo.co.jp, 14 Aug 2017; hochi.news, 20 Jan 2020)

She received the Most Winning Pitcher Award at the Japan Women's Softball League [JWSL] awards ceremonies in 2014, 2016 and 2017. (yuden.co.jp, 01 Jan 2020)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] for the 2016 season at the JSWL awards ceremony. She was also presented with the Best Home Run Award and Best Runs Batted in [RBI] Award. (yuden.co.jp, 01 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
HITTING PITCHER
She has become known for both pitching and hitting, when in 2016 she won the JWSL's Best Home Run and Best Runs Batted In [RBI] awards. She has been described as a 'Nitoryu' player, meaning 'the two-sword fighting style' in Japan. "There is no rule that a pitcher cannot hit. People have named my style as 'Nitoryu', but to me it is nothing incredible." (nikkei.com, 08 Oct 2017; hochi.news, 20 Jan 2020)

GUARDIAN LION
She embroiders 'Shisa' [guardian lions from Okinawan mythology in Japan] on her softball gloves. "I try to choose colours that attract children. I like embroidery very much. Like the Shisa, I also regard myself as a defensive 'guardian' in the team." (Smile Sports YouTube channel, 29 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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