Emi Inui, a former member of the Japanese Women's National Softball Team, has become the first woman to be hired as a scout by a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) club, as she joins the Orix Buffaloes scouting department following a prior stint with the team.
The 37-year old was a back-up catcher on the Japanese National Team that earned a bronze medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and a gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Before joining the scouting department, Inui worked with developing players at the Orix Buffaloes Youth Academy.