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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Hitomi Obara is the 763rd most popular wrestler (down from 513th in 2019), the 3,476th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,397th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Hitomi Obara ranks 763 out of 1,027. Before her are Vazha Margvelashvili, Vadim Bogiev, Kiril Terziev, Odette Giuffrida, 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 940. 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 351. Before her are Irv Gotti, Alan Peacock, Laura Dahlmeier, Gadi Kinda, Ricky Hatton, Mia Love, and Razak Omotoyossi. After her are Joey Jones, Hitoshi Morishita, Takahiro Shiraishi, Zubeen Garg, and Dejan Milovanović.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hitomi Obara ranks 3,489 out of 6,245. Before her are Daisuke Suzuki (1990), Hiroyuki Ishida (1979), 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 51. Before her are Keiji Suzuki (1980), Hana Kimura (1997), Hideo Itami (1981), Makoto Takimoto (1974), Kyoko Hamaguchi (1978), 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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