The Japan Women's Softball National Team, which will start the game on the 21st of this month, which is the earliest in all the games of the Tokyo Olympics, will enter the Olympic Village on the 15th, and pitcher Yukiko Ueno of Ace said, I want to get all of them out. "
During the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, athletes began to enter the Olympic Village in Harumi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, which is the base of their lives.
On the 15th, the Japanese national softball team, whose match will start on the 21st of this month, the earliest of all competitions, arrived at the Olympic Village from Gunma prefecture, the training camp, after noon.
The 15 Japanese national team players and staff wore matching masks, and when they got off the bus, they entered the Olympic Village one after another.
After that, director Reika Utsugi, pitcher Ueno, and captain Eri Yamada held a press conference.
Among them, pitcher Ueno said, "I'm worried, but I have high expectations, and I'm full of feelings that it's about to start." , 13 years ago and now it's 180 degrees different. I may not be able to perform the same as that time, but I want to express myself differently. "
And, "I want to put all of ourselves on the ground with that kind of thought so that we can get off to a good start as a representative of Japan. Unfortunately, it will be unattended, but so that we can convey our passionate feelings. I want to play firmly, "he said with enthusiasm.
The Japan Women's Softball National Team will face Australia in the first match at the prefectural Azuma Stadium in Fukushima City on the 21st of this month.