YAMAMOTO Yu

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 20 Aug 1988

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.64/5'4''

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
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

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Softball	2017	Oklahoma City, OK, 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

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Bic Camera Takasaki Bee Queen [Japan] since 2007

Yumi Iwabuchi [club], JPN; Reika Utsugi [national], JPN

Position style:

Outfield (bs-tvtokyo.co.jp, 28 Aug 2017; softball.or.jp, 08 Nov 2018)

Bats right, throws right (bs-tvtokyo.co.jp, 28 Aug 2017; biccamera.co.jp, 01 Aug 2019)

2011 for Japan (leadoffman.info, 07 Jul 2019)

She sustained an injury to her left shoulder in the 2011 season. She had surgery in 2012, and returned to competitive action in 2013. (tv-tokyo.co.jp, 02 Aug 2018)

She began competing in softball in high school. (nikkansports.com, 28 Jul 2017)

She initially took up baseball in primary school, and joined a women's baseball team at middle school, before switching to softball. (nikkansports.com, 28 Jul 2017)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bs-tvtokyo.co.jp, 28 Aug 2017)

She was named a Best Nine Player at the Japan Women's Softball League [JWSL] awards ceremonies in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2019. (leadoffman.info, 07 Jul 2019; softball.or.jp, 06 Dec 2013; jsl-women.com, 30 Nov 2019)

In 2018 she received the Best Home Run Award at the JWSL awards ceremony. (jsl-women.com, 27 Nov 2018)

In 2017 she was given the Best Batter Award at the JWSL awards ceremony. (jsl-women.com, 18 Nov 2017)

She received the Best Runs Batted In [RBI] Award at the 2008 JWSL awards ceremony. (leadoffman.info, 07 Jul 2019)

In 2007 she was named Rookie of the Year at the JWSL awards ceremony. (sports.toyota-shokki.co.jp, 09 Dec 2007)

General Interest

General
COACHING
She serves as a player-coach with her Japanese club side, Takasaki Bee Queen. (biccamera.co.jp, 01 Aug 2019; zakzak.co.jp, 22 Jan 2020)

RETIREMENT AND RETURN
She announced her retirement from the sport after the 2011 season due to the injury to her left shoulder. After surgery in 2012, she decided to make her return to the sport in 2013. She had the date of her surgery, '2012.7.17', embroidered on her glove to remind her to look after her body and avoid injury. (tv-tokyo.co.jp, 02 Aug 2018)

Social Media

https://twitter.com/jimajima25

Legend

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

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