Manami Daikuya

Manami Daikuya was born on 28 October 1991 in Osaka Prefecture and is a female softball outfielder, formerly of the Japan national team. The Japanese Wikipedia article says she started softball at fourteen, joined Renesas Takasaki of the Japan League first division in 2010 after graduating from Ishikawa Prefectural Monzen High School, and was originally a pitcher until she became a full-time fielder in her fourth year. In 2015 she batted .362 and won the Japan League Best Nine award as outfielder, in 2022 she moved to Honda Reverta at the start of the JD League and she retired after the 2024 season. She was first selected for the Japan national team in 2015 and played in international events including the Japan Cup, the USA World Cup and the world championships. This entry is written from the Japanese Wikipedia article on Manami Daikuya, because the subject has no English Wikipedia article.