Fifteen people, including pitcher Yukiko Ueno, have been appointed as the Japanese national softball team aiming to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Japan Softball Association held a press conference in Tokyo on the 23rd, and announced 15 people who were appointed as representatives of Japan.
There are three pitchers.
38-year-old pitcher Ace Ueno is the third Olympics.
In the Beijing tournament, he completed three games including the final in two days and contributed to winning the gold medal.
There are three catchers, including Yuka Gazuma, who participated for the first time.
There are five infielders, including Yu Yamamoto.
Four outfielders were selected, including 37-year-old Eri Yamada, who will be the captain following the Beijing tournament.
Director Reika Utsugi, who heads the Japanese national team, said, "I want to win the gold medal with all my strength. I want more children to see softball at the Tokyo Olympics and increase the number of children who want to play it. I want to show the long hitting power that I have trained firmly. "
The players who have been nominated for the Japan national team are the teams they belong to, and after playing in the Japan League, which will start next month, they will participate in the training camp for the national team starting in May.
Softball has revived for the first time in three tournaments in Tokyo since the 2008 Beijing tournament, which won the gold medal, but it has been decided that it will not be held in the next Paris tournament.