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Kaori Sakamoto

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Kaori Sakamoto (坂本花織, Sakamoto Kaori; born April 9, 2000) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic bronze medalist, a 2022 Olympic team event silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2022–2024), the 2025 World silver medalist, the 2018 Four Continents champion, the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final champion, the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a thirteen-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, the 2025 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, the 2023 World University Games silver medalist, and a five-time Japanese national champion. At the junior level, she is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. She is the first Japanese woman to win the World Championships since Mao Asada in 2014, the first Japanese skater to win three consecutive World titles in any discipline, and the first woman to win three consecutive World titles since Peggy Fleming (1966–1968). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Kaori Sakamoto is the 308th most popular skater, the 3,415th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,716th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Kaori Sakamoto ranks 308 out of 483. Before her are Kristina Groves, Tanja Szewczenko, Gianni Romme, Lee Kang-seok, Derek Parra, and Nobunari Oda. After her are Falko Zandstra, Marina Cherkasova, Daisuke Takahashi, Marc Gagnon, Evan Lysacek, and Elena Bechke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2000, Kaori Sakamoto ranks 167. Before her are Rema, Jesper Lindstrøm, Halle Bailey, Mohamed Camara, Wilfried Singo, and Jay Idzes. After her are Leandro Barreiro, Ebrar Karakurt, Sebastian Korda, Maxence Caqueret, Gonzalo Plata, and Eden Alene.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kaori Sakamoto ranks 3,428 out of 6,245. Before her are Yuji Ito (1965), Nobunari Oda (1987), Hana Kimura (1997), Shuko Aoyama (1987), Yoshimasa Suda (1967), Yoshiaki Maruyama (1974), Nobuo Kawaguchi (1975), Taijiro Kurita (1975), Ryosuke Okuno (1968), Miki Yamane (1993), Yuki Yamada (1990), and Keiju Karashima (1971).

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Among SKATERS In Japan

Among skaters born in Japan, Kaori Sakamoto ranks 11. Before her are Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Yuka Sato (1973), Akira Kuroiwa (1961), Miki Ando (1987), Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974), and Nobunari Oda (1987). After her are Daisuke Takahashi (1986), Fumie Suguri (1980), Hiromi Yamamoto (1970), Tomomi Okazaki (1971), Nao Kodaira (1986), and Masako Hozumi (1986).

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