KOBATA Mako

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2018	Japan

Nations League - Final Round

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2021	Italy

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2019	Japan

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2017	Philippines

Grand Champions Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2017	Japan

Athlete, Office Worker

Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

JT Marvelous [Japan] since 2014/15

Tomoko Yoshihara [club], JPN; Kumi Nakada [national], JPN

Libero (jti.co.jp, 25 Dec 2020)

Her mother Rieko Kobata played volleyball for Japanese V.League Division 1 club Hisamitsu Springs in the 1980s. (jti.co.jp, 25 Dec 2020)

V.League Division 1 [JPN] (jti.co.jp, 25 Dec 2020)

She began playing volleyball in grade four at Nakaminami Elementary School in Fukuoka, Japan. (nishinippon.co.jp, 20 Jan 2019)

She was encouraged by her mother. (jti.co.jp, 25 Dec 2020)

Winning the 2014 Japan National Collegiate Championship. (jti.co.jp, 25 Dec 2020; jti.co.jp, 01 Sep 2016)

Brazilian volleyball player Sergio Santos, Japanese baseball player Hiroki Kuroda. (jti.co.jp, 25 Dec 2020; ncctv.co.jp, 15 May 2020)

She listens to music before competing. (jti.co.jp, 25 Dec 2020)

"Don't only focus on a goal which is a long way off, also continue to accomplish what you can do everyday." (ncctv.co.jp, 15 May 2020)

She received the Most Valuable Player [MVP] award and the Serve Receive award for the 2020/21 V.League Division 1 season in Japan. (vbm.link, 22 Feb 2021)

She received the Best Libero award in the 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 V.League Division 1 seasons in Japan. (jti.co.jp, 25 Dec 2020; vbm.link, 22 Feb 2021)

She was given the Best Libero award at the 2016 and 2018 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament. (jti.co.jp, 25 Dec 2020)

She was named MVP at the 2014 Japan National Collegiate Championship. (nishinippon.co.jp, 20 Jan 2019)