KITAZONO Aramitsu

Date of Birth: 17 Feb 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B2

Place of birth: KOBE

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Men -81 kg	DNS

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16 #3 JPN KITAZONO AKITAZONO Aramitsu Sport Class: B2 0 DNS UKR SOLOVEY DSOLOVEY Dmytro Sport Class: B2 10 IPP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
5	Men -73 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
7	Men -100 kg	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
7	Men -81 kg	2018	Odivelas, POR
18	Men -90 kg	2014	Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Asian Para Games
3	Men -81 kg	2018	Jakarta, INA

Akirrat (parasapo.tokyo, 18 Mar 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

Languages spoken:

Alcare [Kobe, JPN]

Yoshiyasu Endo [national], JPN

2010 for Japan, International Tournament in Turkey (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

He began able-bodied judo at age five, and took up Para judo in 2010. (alcare.co.jp, 23 Mar 2021; parasapo.tokyo, 18 Mar 2021)

He was inspired by Japanese judoka Ryoko Tani. He switched to Para judo after he was diagnosed with his impairment. (alcare.co.jp, 23 Mar 2021)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (parasapo.tokyo, 18 Mar 2021; kobe-np.co.jp, 27 Sep 2020)

He likes to wear red during bouts. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

General Interest

Classification
B2 (IBSA, 03 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (sanspo.com, 09 Oct 2018)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in 2010. (alcare.co.jp, 23 Mar 2021; parasapo.tokyo, 18 Mar 2021)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/aramitsukitazono/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNS:: Did not start
IPP:: Ippon

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