YAMAZAKI Saki

Softball World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
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

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
3	Softball	2019	Blacktown, NSW, AUS

Shopping, reading fashion magazines, photography. (sports.gazoo.com, 11 Apr 2020; hochi.news, 26 Nov 2019)

Athlete, Office Worker

Japanese

Toyota Red Terriers since 2010

Akane Nakanishi [club], JPN: Reika Utsugi [national], JPN

Outfield (sports.gazoo.com, 11 Apr 2020)

Bats right, throws right (sports.gazoo.com, 11 Apr 2020)

Her older sister Namika Yamazaki has competed in softball in the Japan Women's Softball League second tier. She became a coach after retiring from the sport in 2018. (hochi.news, 26 Nov 2019; jsl-women.com, 2018; chunichi.co.jp, 23 Jan 2019)

2016 for Japan (hochi.news, 26 Nov 2019)

In 2017 she fractured her left wrist after she was hit by a ball, and was out of action for the second half of the 2017 JWSL season. (chunichi.co.jp, 23 Jan 2019)

She began playing softball in grade two of primary school in Kakegawa, Japan. (hochi.news, 26 Nov 2019)

She and her older sister were influenced by their parents who were involved in softball. (hochi.news, 26 Nov 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hochi.news, 26 Nov 2019)

Her older sister Namika. (hochi.news, 26 Nov 2019)

She was given the Best Player Award, the Best Runs Batted In [RBI] Award, the Top Hitter Award and was named a Best Nine Player at the 2019 Japan Women's Softball League [JWSL] awards ceremony. (jsl-women.com, 09 Nov 2020)

She received the Best RBI Award at the 2018 JWSL awards ceremony. (hochi.news, 26 Nov 2019)

She was named a Best Nine Player at the 2016 JWSL awards ceremony. (hochi.news, 26 Nov 2019)