🌟Our guest is Yuuka Wagatsuma, the starting catcher for Bic Camera Takasaki! She says her growth as a catcher was thanks to Yukiko Ueno's attitude towards pitching.🌟

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▼Yukiko Ueno Profile
Born July 22, 1982. From Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Height 174cm, right-handed pitcher and batter.
Currently plays for Bic Camera Takasaki in the JD League.
She started playing softball in the 3rd grade of elementary school.
In her second year 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 2008 Beijing Olympics in August, she pitched 413 pitches over 3 games over 2 days, contributing to the team's gold medal win.

Since then, she has won numerous individual titles in the Japan League, including MVP, Best ERA Award, and Most Wins Award.

In 2021, she also contributed to the gold medal win at the Tokyo Olympics, achieving the first consecutive Olympic victory in 13 years.

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