ISHIHARA Naoko

Japan
Shooting
22 Oct 1974
46
Female
TOKYO
 
Japan
KANUMA
 
Japan

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SHO Shooting Skeet Women 21

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges
Skeet Women's Qualification - Day 1
Finished
Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges
Skeet Women's Qualification - Day 2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationSkeet
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA18

World Championships
YearLocationSkeetSkeet - Team X
2019Lonato, ITA4510
2018Changwon, KOR22-
2017Moscow, RUS2636
2015Lonato, ITA33-
2014Granada, ESP41-
2013Lima, PER30-
2011Belgrade, SRB40-
2010Munich, GER43-

Asian Games
YearLocationSkeet
2018Indonesia7

Asian Championships
YearLocationSkeetSkeet - Team X
2019Doha, QAT163
2019Almaty, KAZ8-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearSkeet
20191 x 26th, 1 x 40th, 1 x 46th
20181 x 8th, 1 x 21st, 1 x 28th
20171 x 10th, 1 x 11th, 1 x 24th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventLocation
82018SkeetSiggiewi, MLT
102017SkeetAcapulco, MEX
112017SkeetNew Delhi, IND
212018SkeetTucson, AZ, USA
242017SkeetLarnaca, CYP
262019SkeetAl Ain, UAE
282018SkeetChangwon, KOR
302018SkeetGuadalajara, MEX
402019SkeetAcapulco, MEX
462019SkeetChangwon, KOR


Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified
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Athlete, Religious Practitioner
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English, Japanese
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Tetsuya Kikumoto [national], JPN
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Right eye, right hand (ISSF, 14 Sep 2013)
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Her grandfather Shigetaka Ishihara and her father Keishi Ishihara competed in sport shooting at international level. Shigetaka won the trap event at the 1954 All Japan Championships, and has served as vice president of the Japan Clay Target Shooting Association. Keishi was selected for the Japanese national team at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, but did not compete. He was due to compete at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow before Japan decided to boycott the Games. (sanspo.com, 24 May 2020; nikkansports.com, 20 Feb 2016; sankei.com, 13 Aug 2016)
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She began clay shooting at age 22, and took up the sport competitively in 2007. (ISSF, 14 Sep 2013; shimotsuke.co.jp, 04 May 2016; tokyo.ecochil.info, 06 Jul 2020)
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She grew up close to a shooting range, and was encouraged to begin shooting by her grandfather and father. She then took part in a programme organised by the Japan Clay Target Shooting Association. (yomiuri.co.jp, 16 Mar 2016; sankei.com, 13 Aug 2016; kyodonews.net, 17 Feb 2020)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo-np.co.jp, 01 Feb 2020)
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"The more you practise, the better you become." (kyodonews.net, 17 Feb 2020)
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She received a Special Sport Excellence Award at the 2016 Tochigi Sports Association Awards Ceremony in Japan. (tochigi-sports.jp, 31 Mar 2017)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She is a Shinto priest at the Furumine Shrine in Kanuma, Japan, which is more than 1300 years old. Her family own the shrine and her father is an 84th-generation chief priest. "Shooting is a cerebral sport. It all comes down to how well you control your focus in moments that matter. I have more faith than most people. I'm hoping that my faith in my own shooting ability will lead to positive results." (tokyo-np.co.jp, 01 Feb 2020; jiji.com, 12 Dec 2019; sankei.com, 13 Aug 2016; kyodonews.net, 17 Feb 2020)

HIGHER EDUCATION
After graduating from university in Japan with her Shinto priest licence, she enrolled in a study abroad programme and began attending Anglia Ruskin University in England. (kyodonews.net, 17 Feb 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2019 she was appointed as a Tochigi Future Ambassador in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, and the following year she began serving as a Kanuma Hometown Ambassador in Japan. (pref.tochigi.lg.jp, 03 Dec 2019; city.kanuma.tochigi.jp, 25 Jun 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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