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Motoko Obayashi
Personal information
Born	(1967-06-15) 15 June 1967 (age 57) Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter / Opposite
Number	10 (1988) 5 (1992) 2 (1996)
National team
1985–1996  Japan
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Japan Goodwill Games 1994 Saint Petersburg Team Asian Games 1990 Beijing Team 1994 Hiroshima Team

Motoko Obayashi (大林 素子, Ōbayashi Motoko, born 15 June 1967) is a retired volleyball player from Japan who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. She won a bronze medal with the Japanese team at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg.

Obayashi took part in the torch relay of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Personal life

Obayashi released a musical single under the solo project named Deka Moni in 2001.

References

1. "Motoko Obayashi". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
2. 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 27 September 2023.
3. McNally, Graham (26 April 2021). "Olympic Torch Relay Banned From Coming to Small Japanese Island". Newsweek. New York City: Dev Pragad. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
4. "デカモニ。". Tsunku.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 13 March 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

External links

• Motoko Obayashi at Olympedia (archive)
• Motoko Obayashi at Olympics.com
• Volleybox.net profile
• Profile at Hori Pro (in Japanese)
• Motoko Obayashi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

v t e Japan women's volleyball squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – 4th place
1 Maruyama (c) 2 K.Sugiyama 3 Takizawa 4 Yamashita 5 A.Sugiyama 6 Sato 7 Hiro 8 Nakada 9 Kawase 10 Obayashi 11 Takahashi 12 Fujita Coach: Muneuchi

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

• 1967 births
• Living people
• Japanese women's volleyball players
• Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Olympic volleyball players for Japan
• Sportspeople from Tokyo Metropolis
• People from Kodaira, Tokyo
• 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
• 20th-century Japanese sportswomen