(born August 11, 1968) is a Japanese

softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

player who played for three different positions in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

: The pinch hitter, left field and right field. She won the silver medal for team Japan.Yoshimi Kobayashi Biography and Olympic Results
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Japanese softball players Living people Softball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic softball players for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan 1968 births Olympic medalists in softball Asian Games silver medalists in softball Softball players at the 1990 Asian Games Softball players at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-softball-bio-stub