MIYAHARA Miho

Date of Birth: 3 Sep 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of birth: FUKUOKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOKYO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Karate	Women's Kumite -55kg	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan	Women's Kumite -55kg Elimination Round - Pool B #27 JPN MIYAHARA MMIYAHARA Miho 6 POINTS AUT PLANK BPLANK Bettina 2	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan	Women's Kumite -55kg Elimination Round - Pool B #34 JPN MIYAHARA MMIYAHARA Miho 3 EGY SAYED RSAYED Radwa 5 POINTS	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan	Women's Kumite -55kg Elimination Round - Pool B #38 JPN MIYAHARA MMIYAHARA Miho 11 POINTS KAZ ZHANGBYRBAY MZHANGBYRBAY Moldir 2	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan	Women's Kumite -55kg Elimination Round - Pool B #41 UKR TERLIUGA ATERLIUGA Anzhelika 4 POINTS JPN MIYAHARA MMIYAHARA Miho 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Kumite -50kg
2018	Madrid, ESP	1
2016	Linz, AUT	2

Asian Games

Year	Location	Kumite -50kg
2018	Indonesia	3

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Kumite -50kg
2019	Can Tho, VIE	2
2018	Amman, JOR	1

Karate 1 Premier League - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2020/2021	Kumite -50kg	Salzburg, AUT
1	2018	Kumite -50kg	Tokyo, JPN
1	2018	Kumite -50kg	Rabat, MAR
1	2018	Kumite -50kg	Paris, FRA
1	2017	Kumite -50kg	Paris, FRA
2	2020/2021	Kumite -50kg	Paris, FRA
2	2019	Kumite -50kg	Paris, FRA
2	2017	Kumite -50kg	Halle, GER
3	2020/2021	Kumite -50kg	Lisbon, POR
5	2019	Kumite -50kg	Moscow, RUS

Karate 1 Series A - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2018	Kumite -50kg	Guadalajara, ESP
1	2017	Kumite -50kg	Istanbul, TUR

Drinking bubble tea, calligraphy. (nishinippon.co.jp, 21 Mar 2020)

Occupation:

Coach, University Staff

Sports Medicine - Teikyo University, Japan

Languages spoken:

Teikyo University [Japan]

Masao Kagawa [club], JPN; Hideto Nakano [national], JPN

National team:

2017 (nhk.or.jp, 11 Sep 2017)

She began karate at age seven at Nishi Fukuoka Dojo in Japan. (mainichi.jp, 26 Mar 2017; nishinippon.co.jp, 21 Mar 2020)

She was influenced by her older brother who took up the sport prior. "My brother looked cool, and it looked interesting. Actually I was also thinking to learn playing the piano, but my parents told me that 'you are not going to practise it, so it is not a good idea'. Therefore I just focused on karate." (nhk.or.jp, 11 Sep 2017; Jiji Press YouTube channel, 05 Feb 2020)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (yahoo.co.jp, 03 Mar 2020)

In 2019 she was given the Olympic Encouragement Award at the 53rd TV Asahi Big Sports Awards in Japan. (teikyo-sports.jp, 17 Jan 2019)

She received the Best Athlete Award in the karate category at the 2018 Japan Sports Awards. (jkf.ne.jp, 22 Jan 2018)

General Interest

General
COACHING
She became a coach at Teikyo University in Japan, following her graduation in 2018. (sanspo.com, 13 Nov 2018; teikyo-u.ac.jp, 04 Mar 2020)

CHANGE OF CATEGORY
She made the switch from the 50kg category to the 55kg class after the two weights were combined into the 55kg category for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (mainichi.jp, 29 Feb 2020; nishinippon.co.jp, 21 Mar 2020

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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