Miu Goto (後藤 希友, Gotō Miu, born 2 March 2001) is a Japanese softball left-handed pitcher for the Japan women's national softball team.[1] She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal.[2]

Miu Goto
Toyota Red Terriers – No. 27
Pitcher
Born: (2001-03-02) March 2, 2001 (age 23)
Nagoya, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Medals
Women's softball
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2024 Castions di Strada Team
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team
U19 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Irvine Team

Playing career

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She participated at the 2019 WBSC U-19 Women's Softball World Cup, winning a silver medal.[3]

She plays for Toyota Red Terriers.[2][4]

Notes

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  1. ^ 後藤 希友 選手・スタッフ紹介 レッドテリアーズ トヨタ自動車女子ソフトボール部 (in Japanese). Red Terriers TOYOTA Women's Softball Team. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Expanded Japanese Olympic Softball Team opens training camp at Tokyo 2020 venue Yokohama Stadium". wbsc.org. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  3. ^ "Japanese Women's Softball League enters crucial final weekend of regular season". wbsc.org. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  4. ^ "『ソフトボール女子TOP日本代表(SOFT JAPAN)』 出雲キャンプ情報コーナー". www.city.izumo.shimane.jp. Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
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