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Hitomi Obara

1981 - 2025

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Hitomi Obara née Sakamoto (小原 日登美, Obara Hitomi; 4 January 1981 – 18 July 2025) was a Japanese female wrestler from Hachinohe, Aomori. She was Captain in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. On 8 August 2012, Obara won the women's 48kg freestyle wrestling gold in her first Olympic Games at London's Excel Arena. Hitomi Obara died on 18 July 2025, at the age of 44. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Hitomi Obara is the 825th most popular wrestler (down from 514th in 2024), the 3,623rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,397th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Hitomi Obara ranks 825 out of 1,027. Before her are Vadim Bogiev, Kiril Terziev, Odette Giuffrida, Jey Uso, Andriy Stadnik, and Tato Grigalashvili. After her are Noriko Anno, Ezekiel Jackson, Jinder Mahal, Shirvani Muradov, Monika Michalik, and Amandine Buchard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Hitomi Obara ranks 1,000. Before her are Zhang Jiewen, Frank Turner, Vladimir Dišljenković, Lovro Zovko, Takaya Kurokawa, and Abubakari Yakubu. After her are Blagoy Georgiev, Abdelkader Laïfaoui, Mads Rasmussen, Bobby Zamora, Rene Bourque, and Simon Greul. Among people deceased in 2025, Hitomi Obara ranks 467. Before her are Ricky Hatton, Rebecca Heineman, Mia Love, Mukul Dev, Shefali Jariwala, Razak Omotoyossi, Sulakshana Pandit, and Radiša Ilić. After her are Joey Jones, Hitoshi Morishita, Peter Christensen, and Takahiro Shiraishi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hitomi Obara ranks 3,636 out of 6,245. Before her are Hiroyuki Ishida (1979), Tadayoshi Okura (1985), Yasushi Fukunaga (1973), Satoru Asari (1974), Masahiro Shimmyo (1972), Mu Kanazaki (1989), Koji Arimura (1976), Kosuke Ota (1987), Kazuya Yamamura (1989), Masakatsu Sawa (1983), Takaya Kurokawa (1981), and Kaela Kimura (1984).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Hitomi Obara ranks 56. Before her are Iyo Sky (1990), Hideo Itami (1981), Makoto Takimoto (1974), Kyoko Hamaguchi (1978), Kenji Inoue (1976), and Masae Ueno (1979). After her are Hiroaki Hiraoka (1985), Naohisa Takato (1993), Kenichiro Fumita (1995), Rei Higuchi (1996), Chiharu Icho (1981), and Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (1986).

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