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Tomoko Yoshihara
Personal information
Born	(1970-02-04) 4 February 1970 (age 54) Uryū District, Hokkaido, Japan
Hometown	Tokyo
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Spike	305 cm (120 in)
Block	295 cm (116 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	10 (1992) 5 (1996) 1 (2004)
National team
1990–2004  Japan
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Japan Goodwill Games 1994 Saint Petersburg Team Asian Games 1990 Beijing Team 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. She was named Best Server at the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Brazil, where she finished in seventh place. She won a bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg. Yoshihara played as a middle blocker.

Coaching

In June 2015, Yoshihara was named the head coach of the JT Marvelous volleyball team.

Personal life

After retiring from playing volleyball in 2006, Yoshihara completed a master's programme at the University of Tsukuba.

Honours

• 1990: 8th place in the World Championship
• 1991: 7th place in the World Cup
• 1992: 5th place in the Olympic Games
• 1994: 3rd Place in the Goodwill Games
• 1994: 7th place in the World Championship
• 1995: 6th place in the World Cup
• 1996: 9th place in the Olympic Games
• 2003: 5th place in the World Cup
• 2004: 5th place in the Olympic Games

Individual awards

• 1994 World Championship "Best Server"

References

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. ^ "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.

External links

• Tomoko Yoshihara at WorldofVolley
• Tomoko Yoshihara at Olympedia
• Volleybox.net profile
• FIVB Biography
• Sports-reference.com profile (archived)
• JT Marvelous Manager profile (Japanese)

v t e Japan women's volleyball squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – 5th place
1 Sato (c) 2 Nakada 3 Ishikake 4 Nakanishi 5 Obayashi 6 Takahashi 7 Namura 8 Yamauchi 9 Tajimi 10 Yoshihara 11 Fukuda 12 Nakamura Coach: Yoneda

v t e Japan squad – 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – 7th place
Obayashi Fukuda Natori Yoshihara Eto Tajimi Yamauchi Nagatomi Murata Fujiyoshi Natta Shimazaki Coach: Yokota

v t e Japan women's volleyball squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – 9th place
1 Nakanishi (c) 2 Obayashi 3 Nagatomi 4 Yamauchi 5 Yoshihara 6 Torii 9 Nakamura 10 Sakamoto 11 Saiki 12 Tajimi 14 Hoshino 17 Ogake Coach: Yoshida

v t e Japan women's volleyball squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 5th place
1 Yoshihara (c) 2 Tsuji 3 Narita 4 Sasaki 5 Omura 7 Takeshita 9 Takahashi 12 Sugiyama 13 Ōtomo 14 Oyama 16 Kurihara 18 Kimura Coach: Yanagimoto

• 1970 births
• Living people
• Japanese women's volleyball players
• Pioneer Red Wings players
• Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Olympic volleyball players for Japan
• Asian Games medalists in volleyball
• Volleyball players at the 1990 Asian Games
• Volleyball players at the 1994 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
• Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
• Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball
• Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
• Japan women's international volleyball players