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KANO Koki

épée
Place2
Pts177.000
Âge27
MainD
LicenceValid

Information personnelle

Occupation Airline Worker, Athlete

Languages Japanese

Higher education Sports Science - Waseda University: Tokyo, JPN

Numéro de licence 19121997001

Club

OrArgentBronzeTotal
World Cup2-57
Vancouver (CANADA), 2019-02-08Heidenheim (ALLEMAGNE), 2017-01-26
Heidenheim (ALLEMAGNE), 2023-02-23Paris (FRANCE), 2017-05-12
Heidenheim (ALLEMAGNE), 2019-01-10
Berne (SUISSE), 2022-11-11
Vancouver (CANADA), 2023-12-08
Zone Championships2-13
Seoul (COREE), 2022-06-11Bangkok (THAILANDE), 2018-06-18
Wuxi (CHINE), 2023-06-18
Grand Prix1--1
Cali (COLOMBIE), 2024-05-03
Olympic Games1--1
Paris (FRANCE), 2024-07-28

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing in 2008.

Why this sport? He was involved in artistic gymnastics when he was younger, but switched sports after watching Japanese fencer Yuki Ota win a silver medal in individual foil at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He started out in foil before changing to epee while he was in high school after winning an epee tournament.

Club / Team Japan Airlines : Japan

Name of coach Oleksandr Gorbachuk [national], UKR

Handedness Right

International Debut

Year 2014

Competing for Japan

General Interest

Hobbies Watching video clips on the internet. (ontrip.jal.co.jp, 08 Oct 2021)

Most influential person in career His parents, and coach Hiromi Takahashi. (chunichi.co.jp, 22 Dec 2021)

Hero / Idol Japanese fencer Yuki Ota. (city.iwakuni.lg.jp, 12 Feb 2018)

Other sports He was involved in competitive artistic gymnastics for eight years before taking up fencing. (sportie.com, 19 Mar 2021; wasedasports.com, 18 Jul 2017)

Milestones He became the first fencer representing Japan in 45 years to win gold in individual epee at the Asian Games when he was victorious at the 2022 Games [which took place in 2023] in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 May 2024; chunichi.co.jp, 26 Sep 2023)

Along with Kazuyasu Minobe, Masaru Yamada, and Satoru Uyama, he was part of the men's epee team that won Japan's first gold medal in any fencing discipline at the Olympic Games. They beat ROC in the final at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Apr 2022; mainichi.jp, 30 Jul 2021)

Ambitions To win gold in both team and individual epee at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (news.livedoor.com, 15 Apr 2024; nhk.jp, 23 Feb 2024)

Statistiques

place
points
saison
2nd (S)
177.000
2024/2025
1st (S)
218.000
2023/2024
4th (S)
150.000
2022/2023
5th (S)
119.000
2021/2022
29th (S)
56.000
2020/2021
22nd (S)
65.000
2019/2020
8th (S)
85.000
2018/2019
10th (S)
87.000
2017/2018
17th (S)
84.000
2016/2017
16th (J)
62.000
2016/2017
18th (J)
61.000
2015/2016
22nd (J)
51.000
2014/2015

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