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Koji Arimoto
Personal information
Born (1991-07-20) 20 July 1991 (age 33)
Okayama Prefecture, Honshu Island
Alma materTeikyo University
Sport
CountryJapan
SportKarate
EventKata
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dubai Team kata
Gold medal – first place 2012 Paris Team kata
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team kata
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Malacca Team kata
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai Team kata
Gold medal – first place 2011 Quanzhou Team kata

Koji Arimoto (在本幸司, Arimoto Koji, born 20 July 1991)[1] is a Japanese karateka. He is a two-time gold medalist in the men's team kata event at the World Karate Championships (2012 and 2021).

Career

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She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria.[2][3] In the final, she lost against Alexandra Recchia of France.[2] In 2017, she repeated this result with the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland.[4][5] The gold medal also went to Alexandra Recchia.[4]

At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[6] A few days later, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2018 World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan.[7] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1]

At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[8][9] In the final, she lost against Bakhriniso Babaeva of Uzbekistan.[9]

In August 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, she competed in the women's 55 kg event.[10] In November 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Etchells, Daniel (29 October 2016). "Four gold medals for Japan on opening day of finals at 2016 Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "2016 World Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). Sportdata. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. ^ Winters, Max (25 July 2017). "The Netherlands claim ninth World Games korfball title in a row". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Etchells, Daniel (14 July 2018). "Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World University Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  8. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  9. ^ a b "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  11. ^ Morgan, Liam (20 November 2021). "Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 November 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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