Masumi Ichiba

Masumi Ichiba was born on 20 January 1968 in Gunma Prefecture and is a Japanese therapist and former Japan national team female softball pitcher who throws and bats right-handed. The Japanese Wikipedia article says she made the national tournament at junior high school, reached the inter-high school tournament in two consecutive years, and that Japan finished second at the 1985 World Junior Championship. She joined Taiyo Yuden in 1986 and helped the club to three straight Japan League titles from 1987 to 1989, won the most valuable player award in 1987 and the best pitcher and Best Nine awards in 1988 and 1989. She played for Japan at the world championships in 1986, 1990 and 1994 and won silver medals at the Asian Games in 1990 and 1994, and she now works treating athletes and represents the Japan Table Football Association. This entry is written from the Japanese Wikipedia article on Masumi Ichiba, because the subject has no English Wikipedia article.