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Kazuyasu Minobe

1987 - Today

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Kazuyasu Minobe is the 344th most popular fencer (down from 283rd in 2024), the 4,652nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,450th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Kazuyasu Minobe ranks 346 out of 349. Before him are Maureen Nisima, Aliaksandr Buikevich, Sun Yujie, Martina Batini, Xu Anqi, Suguru Awaji, Maya Lawrence, and Emma Samuelsson. After him are Nicolas Limbach, Masaru Yamada, Ruslan Nasibulin, and Tiberiu Dolniceanu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Kazuyasu Minobe ranks 1,374. Before him are Phil Kessel, Kris Boeckmans, Bruno Fornaroli, Kim Song-yong, Marc-Édouard Vlasic, and John Patrick Amedori. After him are Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Adam Larsen Kwarasey, David Braz, Juan Francisco, Roseline Filion, and Adéla Bruns.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuyasu Minobe ranks 4,659 out of 6,245. After him are Ikumi Yoshimatsu (1987), Naoya Tamura (1984), Yukiko Ueno (1982), Tsuyoshi Kaneko (1983), Yuito Suzuki (2001), Kiko Seike (1996), Shinya Tomita (1980), Hiroshi Kichise (1983), Hiroki Kishida (1981), Masashi Nishiyama (1985), Shiori Tamai (1995), and Sayaka Hirano (1985).

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Among FENCERS In Japan

Among fencers born in Japan, Kazuyasu Minobe ranks 4. Before him are Koki Kano (1997), Yuki Ota (1985), and Suguru Awaji (1989). After him are Masaru Yamada (1994), Kenta Chida (1985), Satoru Uyama (1991), Ryo Miyake (1990), Takahiro Shikine (1997), Misaki Emura (1998), Komaki Kikuchi (1997), and Kyosuke Matsuyama (1996).

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