KAWAI Yukako

Japan

Wrestling

Date of Birth: 27 Aug 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 62kg	1

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 62kg 1/8 Final #121 JPN KAWAI YKAWAI Yukako 10 VSU ROC OVCHAROVA LOVCHAROVA Liubov 0	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 62kg 1/4 Final #127 JPN KAWAI YKAWAI Yukako 10 VPO1 SWE JOHANSSON HKJOHANSSON Henna Katarina 2	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 62kg Semifinal #148 JPN KAWAI YKAWAI Yukako 3 VPO1 BUL YUSEIN TMYUSEIN Taybe Mustafa 2	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 62kg Final #215 KGZ TYNYBEKOVA ATYNYBEKOVA Aisuluu 3 JPN KAWAI YKAWAI Yukako 4 VPO1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 62kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
3	Freestyle 62kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
8	Freestyle 63kg	2017	Paris, FRA

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 62kg	2020	New Delhi, IND
2	Freestyle 62kg	2019	Xian, CHN

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 62kg	2018	Budapest, HUN

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's Team	2019	Narita, JPN
1	Women's Team	2018	Takasaki, JPN
1	Women's Team	2017	Cheboksary, RUS

World Championships U23

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 62kg	2018	Bucharest, ROU

Junior World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Freestyle 63kg	2017	Tampere, FIN

Hobbies:

Shopping, watching movies, collecting earrings, handicrafts. (telling.asahi.com, 18 Jul 2020; number.bunshun.jp, 13 Jul 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Education:

Sports Science - Shigakkan University, Obu, JPN

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

Japan Beverage [Obu, JPN]

Coach:

Hideo Sasayama [national], JPN; Kazuhito Sakae [personal], JPN

Sporting relatives:

Her father Takahito competed in wrestling at university level, and was twice champion in the Greco-Roman discipline at the All Japan student championships. Her mother Hatsue represented Japan in the sport at the 1989 World Championships in Martigny, Switzerland, where she finished seventh. Her older sister Risako also competes in wrestling at international level. She won gold in the 63kg category at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (telling.asahi.com, 17 Jul 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 04 Feb 2020; db.japan-wrestling.jp, 01 Sep 2019; olympicchannel.com, 05 Jan 2019; sanspo.com, 22 Dec 2017)

Start:

She got involved in the sport in grade two of primary school. (jbinc.co.jp, 26 Feb 2020; nikkansports.com, 21 Nov 2019)

Reason:

She took up the sport at Kanazawa Junior Wrestling Club in Japan, where her mother worked as a coach. (sponichi.co.jp, 20 Sep 2019)

Ambition:

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tfm-plus.gsj.mobi, 24 Apr 2020)

Influence:

Her family, particularly her older sister Risako. "I began thinking about the Olympic Games after seeing Risako win gold at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro." (number.bunshun.jp, 13 Jul 2020; tfm-plus.gsj.mobi, 24 Apr 2020; fujinkoron.jp, 05 Apr 2020)

Philosophy:

"I know that I'm not that talented. I think I've come this far by continuing to work steadily. I will do my best as a tortoise, as I can't become a hare." (number.bunshun.jp, 13 Jul 2020)

Award:

In 2019 she received the Obu City Sports Achievement Award in Japan. (sgk.ac.jp, 11 Nov 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
VPO1:: Victory by points - with point(s) scored by the opponent
VSU:: Victory by technical superiority - without any point scored by the opponent

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