The are a Japanese women's softball team based in Ogaki, Gifu. The Minamo compete in the Japan Diamond Softball League (JD.League) as a member of the league's East Division.Profile JD.League
History The Minamo were founded in February 2010 as the Ogaki Minamo Softball Club. The club recruited former Olympians, such as Mariko Masubuchi, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Kazue Ito, who won the silver medal in Sydney 2000 and the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and Motoko Fujimoto, who was part of the Japanese squad that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The club joined the Japan Softball League in 2013.
The Japan Diamond Softball League (JD.League) was founded in 2022, and the Minamo became part of the new league as a member of the East Division.
Roster
Position No. Name Age Height Bats Throws Notes Players Pitchers 15 Maaya Sakuraba age Left Left 18 Maria Mihori age Left Right 33 Samantha Shaw age Right Right 38 Miryu Nakamura age Right Right 47 Hinako Nakayama age Left Left Catchers 7 Lindsay Thomas age Right Right 25 Yui Iwatsuki age Left Right Infielders 1 Nichika Suzumura age Left Right 3 Ayami Kobayashi age Left Right 10 Wakako Chikamoto (captain) age Right Right 11 Sayuri Uchida age Left Left 16 Nozomi Nishino age Left Right 17 Neneka Narita age Left Right 23 Hina Konishi age Left Right 28 Rira Nakano age Right Right Outfielders 2 Masaki Sunako age Left Right 4 Miki Inoue age Left Right 5 Maria Kobayashi age Right Right 8 Rino Setoguchi age Left Right 9 Suzuka Yamaguchi age Left Right 21 Ririka Ito age Right Right Coaches Manager 30 Hirotaka Kadomatsu age – – – Coaches 31 Mariko Sudo age – – –
References
External links
Ogaki Minamo - JD.League