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Risako Kawai

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Risako Kinjo (née Kawai) (金城 梨沙子, Kinjo Risako; born 21 November 1994) is a Japanese wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Olympic Games, a three-time gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships. She finished second at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas and represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal by defeating Maria Mamashuk of Belarus 3-0. She celebrated her Olympic gold medal victory by delivering two fireman's carry takedowns to her coach (Kazuhito Sakae). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Risako Kawai is the 978th most popular wrestler (down from 720th in 2019), the 4,588th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,888th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Risako Kawai ranks 978 out of 1,027. Before her are Hassan Rahimi, Emmanuel Lucenti, Maria Prevolaraki, Jimmy Pedro, Mashu Baker, and Elis Manolova. After her are Manuel Lombardo, Funa Tonaki, Hedvig Karakas, Dzhamal Otarsultanov, Nemanja Majdov, and Tsukasa Yoshida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Risako Kawai ranks 832. Before her are Luca Curatoli, Ludmila, Renzo Lopez, Pauline Ranvier, Mashu Baker, and Nans Peters. After her are Tereza Smitková, Zelimkhan Khadjiev, Katsumi Nakamura, Kwasi Okyere Wriedt, Odd Christian Eiking, and Morgan Saylor.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Risako Kawai ranks 4,601 out of 6,245. Before her are Ayaka Sasaki (1996), Shingo Kumabayashi (1981), Koki Saito (2001), Kosuke Nakamachi (1985), Shigeru Sakurai (1979), and Kota Ueda (1986). After her are Yoshimi Ozaki (1981), Nao Kusaka (2000), Arisa Higashino (1996), Manabu Komatsubara (1981), Hitoshi Sasaki (1891), and Kazuto Kushida (1987).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Risako Kawai ranks 77. Before her are Ryunosuke Haga (1991), Haruka Tachimoto (1990), Mayu Mukaida (1997), Masashi Nishiyama (1985), Hiroe Minagawa (1987), and Mashu Baker (1994). After her are Funa Tonaki (1995), Tsukasa Yoshida (1995), Kanae Yamabe (1990), Eri Tosaka (1993), Shohei Yabiku (1995), and Akira Sone (2000).

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