Kazuyasu Minobe

Kazuyasu Minobe
Minobe at Paris 2024 Summer Olympians and Paralympians Japan National Team parade event on November 30, 2024
Personal information
NicknameKazu (カズ)
Born (1987-07-15) 15 July 1987
Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
CountryJapan
WeaponÉpée
Handleft-handed
National coachOleksandr Horbachuk
ClubNexus
Head coachHiroshi Hashimoto
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's épée
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 CairoIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2022 CairoTeam
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 WuxiTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 Kuwait CityTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 WakayamaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 SuwonTeam
Bronze medal – third place2015 SingaporeIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2015 SingaporeTeam
Bronze medal – third place2016 WuxiIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2017 Hong KongTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 ChibaTeam
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta-PalembangTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 IncheonTeam
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuangzhouTeam

Kazuyasu Minobe (見延 和靖, Minobe Kazuyasu; born 15 July 1987) is a Japanese left-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic champion.[1]

Along with Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, and Satoru Uyama, Minobe was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team men's épée event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in fencing.[2]

Career

Minobe's first sport was volleyball. He took up fencing in high school, on his father's advice. He made his international debut in 2008 and joined the Japanese national team, with whom he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou and a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year Location Event Position
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Épée 1st[3]
2024 France Paris, France Team Men's Épée 2nd[4]

World Championship

Year Location Event Position
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Épée 2nd[5]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Épée 3rd[6]

Asian Championship

Year Location Event Position
2014 South Korea Suwon, South Korea Team Men's Épée 3rd[7]
2015 Singapore Singapore Individual Men's Épée 3rd[8]
2015 Singapore Singapore Team Men's Épée 3rd[9]
2016 China Wuxi, China Individual Men's Épée 3rd[10]
2016 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Épée 1st[11]
2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong, China Team Men's Épée 3rd[12]
2019 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Épée 3rd[13]

Grand Prix

Date Location Event Position
2017-03-24 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Épée 2nd[14]
2019-03-08 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Individual Men's Épée 1st[15]
2019-05-03 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Individual Men's Épée 1st[16]

World Cup

Date Location Event Position
2015-11-13 Estonia Tallinn, Estonia Individual Men's Épée 1st[17]
2018-01-25 Germany Heidenheim, Germany Individual Men's Épée 1st[18]
2018-11-23 Switzerland Bern, Switzerland Individual Men's Épée 1st[19]

References

  1. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org.
  5. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  17. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  18. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  19. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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