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Ryo Kiyuna

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Ryo Kiyuna (喜友名諒, Kiyuna Ryō, born 12 July 1990) is an Okinawan karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a four-time gold medalist in the men's kata event at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist in the men's team kata event, alongside Arata Kinjo and Takuya Uemura. He has also won multiple gold medals in both the individual and team kata events at the Asian Karate Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Ryo Kiyuna is the 5,420th most popular athlete (down from 4,147th in 2024), the 4,131st most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,835th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ryo Kiyuna ranks 5,420 out of 6,025Before him are Michal Šlesingr, Uchenna Emedolu, Michael Mathieu, David Morgan, Ian Wynne, and Nicol David. After him are Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Liu Chunhong, Sébastien Vieilledent, Ko Lai Chak, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, and Torsten Eckbrett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Ryo Kiyuna ranks 919Before him are Aníbal Godoy, Leo, Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, Pietro Terracciano, Taylor Phinney, and Bilel Ifa. After him are Zeeko Zaki, Mervan Çelik, Rubén Botta, Tobias Strobl, Jiloan Hamad, and Shunsuke Andō.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryo Kiyuna ranks 4,144 out of 6,245Before him are Yoriko Okamoto (1971), Koichiro Katafuchi (1975), Minoru Kobayashi (1976), Teruhito Nakagawa (1992), Akiko Suzuki (1985), and Kenji Kikawada (1974). After him are Eri Hozumi (1994), Sota Nakazawa (1982), Tae Satoya (1976), Kenichi Mori (1984), Kanako Momota (1994), and Hayato Okamoto (1974).

Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Ryo Kiyuna ranks 74Before him are Yuki Yokosawa (1980), Soichi Hashimoto (1991), Shingo Suetsugu (1980), Dai Tamesue (1978), Ippei Watanabe (null), and Yoriko Okamoto (1971). After him are Noriko Mizoguchi (1971), Yusuke Suzuki (1988), Christa Deguchi (1995), Kaori Kawanaka (1991), Miki Kanie (1988), and Joseph Bell (null).