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This time, we have another battery conversation with guest Yuka Wagatsuma. 🥎 Yukiko Ueno is packed with behind-the-scenes stories only a catcher can tell. 👀 ------------------------------------------------- ▼Yukiko Ueno Profile Born July 22, 1982. Originally from Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. 174cm tall, right-handed batter/thrower. Currently a member of the JD League's Bic Camera Takasaki. She began playing softball in the third grade of elementary school. As a second-year student at Kyushu Women's High School (now Fukuoka University Wakaba High School), she contributed to the team's victory as the ace pitcher at the 1999 World Junior Championships. After graduating from high school in 2001, she joined the Hitachi Takasaki Softball Club (now Bic Camera Women's Softball Takasaki). At the August 2008 Beijing Olympics, she threw 413 pitches over three games over two days, contributing to the team's gold medal. She continued to win numerous individual awards in the Japanese League, including MVP, Best ERA, and Most Wins Pitcher. In 2021, she also contributed to the team's gold medal win at the Tokyo Olympics, achieving the team's first consecutive Olympic gold medal in 13 years. ▼Instagram   / yukiko07017   #Softball #YukikoUeno #YukaAgatsuma #Catcher #Pitcher