Tomoko Yoshihara

Tomoko Yoshihara
Personal information
Born (1970-02-04) 4 February 1970 (age 54)
Uryū District, Hokkaido, Japan
HometownTokyo
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Spike305 cm (120 in)
Block295 cm (116 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Number10 (1992)
5 (1996)
1 (2004)
National team
1990–2004 Japan
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Japan
Goodwill Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Saint Petersburg Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Hiroshima Team

Tomoko Yoshihara (吉原知子 Yoshihara Tomoko, born 4 February 1970) is a former volleyball player from Japan who competed at the 1992, 1996, and 2004 Summer Olympics. Yoshihara captained the 2004 Olympic squad.[1] She was named Best Server at the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Brazil, where she finished in seventh place.[2] She won a bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg.[3] Yoshihara played as a middle blocker.[2]

  1. ^ "谷亮子氏、党にとどまり参院選立候補を断念" [Former Olympic Volleyball Captain, Ms. Tomoko Yoshihara, becomes JT Manager] (in Japanese). 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Tomoko Yoshihara". Volleybox.net. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1994 Sankt Petersburg (RUS) - 07-.08 Winner Soviet Union". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2024.