Yukiko Ueno, the ace of Japan's softball team who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, entered the Japan League match for the first time after the tournament and kept two innings to zero.
39-year-old pitcher Ueno played an active role as an ace at the Tokyo Olympics and contributed to Japan's gold medal following the Beijing Games 13 years ago.
After the Olympics, the Japanese national team players returned to their teams in the Japanese league, and the second half of the league began on the 4th.
BicCamera played by pitcher Ueno played against Honda, to which American representative Ally Carda, who won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, belongs to the stadium in Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture on the 5th.
Yamato Fujita, who had a strong presence in the Olympics with two swords of throwing, started the game, but he was hit by two home runs and dropped out with two runs in two innings.
After that, pitcher Ueno pitched with the third person from the 6th inning when the batting line was reversed to 4 to 2, and pitched twice with a veteran-like pitching with slow and fast pitching, and did not give a score to one hit.
The game was won by Bic Camera 5-2.
After the match, pitcher Ueno said, "I was thrown well without any strength. There was a response that the image of the Olympic Games remained unexpectedly. I would like to continue to throw good pitches and convey the joy of softball." I did.