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MINOBE Kazuyasu

épée
Sénior
Place38
Pts44.000
Âge37
MainG
LicenceValid

Information personnelle

Occupation Athlete, Office Worker

Languages Japanese

Higher education Politics - Hosei University: Tokyo, JPN

Numéro de licence 15071987003

Club

OrArgentBronzeTotal
World Cup3--3
Tallin (ESTONIE), 2015-11-13
Heidenheim (ALLEMAGNE), 2018-01-25
Berne (SUISSE), 2018-11-23
World Championship-1-1
Le Caire (EGYPTE), 2022-07-16
Zone Championships--22
Singapore (SINGAPOUR), 2015-06-25
Wuxi (CHINE), 2016-04-13
Grand Prix21-3
Budapest (HONGRIE), 2019-03-08Budapest (HONGRIE), 2017-03-24
Cali (COLOMBIE), 2019-05-03

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing at high school in Echizen, Japan. He initially took up foil, but switched to epee after starting university.

Why this sport? He was involved in karate for six years while he was in primary school, and played volleyball in middle school. He began fencing at high school following encouragement from his father.

Club / Team Nexus: Japan

Name of coach Oleksandr Gorbachuk [national], UKR

Handedness Left

International Debut

Year 2008

Competing for Japan

Tournament World Cup

Location Montreal, QC, CAN

General Interest

Nicknames Kazu (nexus-group.jp, 19 May 2015)

Most influential person in career His high school coach Katsuaki Moroe. (the-ans.jp, 17 Jan 2023)

Hero / Idol Japanese feudal lord Nobunaga Oda. (gunosy.com, 22 May 2019)

Injuries In March 2021 he sustained a hernia. He put off surgery until after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 17 Nov 2021, 10 Sep 2021)

He sustained injuries to his neck and his shoulders at the 2016 World Cup event in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (sankei.com, 15 Feb 2016)

Sporting philosophy / motto "Don't set limits for yourself." (the-ans.jp, 17 Jan 2023)

Milestones Along with Koki Kano, 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)

He became the first fencer representing Japan to win a medal in men's individual epee at the world championships by claiming silver at the 2022 edition of the tournament in Cairo, Egypt. (SportsDeskOnline, 13 Jun 2023; the-ans.jp, 17 Jan 2023)

Ambitions To win individual and team gold in epee at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (prtimes.jp, 30 Jan 2024; nikkansports.com, 10 Aug 2021)

Other information ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE
In August 2017 he was voted onto the International Fencing Federation [FIE] athletes' commission. He has also served as chair of the Japanese Fencing Federation athletes' committee. (prtimes.jp, 30 Jan 2024; fie.org, 04 Aug 2017)

AMBIDEXTROUS
He is naturally right-handed, but trained himself to fence left-handed. (hochi.news, 31 Jul 2021)

Statistiques

place
points
saison
38th (S)
44.000
2024/2025
15th (S)
96.000
2023/2024
19th (S)
79.000
2022/2023
9th (S)
112.000
2021/2022
10th (S)
114.000
2020/2021
9th (S)
111.000
2019/2020
1st (S)
154.000
2018/2019
14th (S)
79.000
2017/2018
16th (S)
84.000
2016/2017
7th (S)
140.000
2015/2016
18th (S)
75.000
2014/2015
25th (S)
58.000
2013/2014
61st (S)
25.000
2012/2013
122nd (S)
11.000
2011/2012
59th (S)
27.000
2010/2011
74th (S)
34.000
2009/2010
252nd (S)
4.000
2008/2009
276th (S)
4.000
2007/2008
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