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Yukako Kawai

1997 - Today

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Yukako Kawai (川井 友香子, Kawai Yukako; born 27 August 1997) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. A year later, she won one of the bronze medals in this event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Yukako Kawai is the 1,238th most popular wrestler (down from 938th in 2024), the 5,475th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,628th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Yukako Kawai ranks 1,238 out of 1,027. Before her are Sally Conway, Elitsa Yankova, Joaquin Wilde, Guusje Steenhuis, Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa, and Azamat Dauletbekov. After her are Gulomjon Abdullaev, Tsugumi Sakurai, Adam Wheeler, Nils Stump, Frank de Wit, and David Moura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Yukako Kawai ranks 886. Before her are Fabio Depaoli, Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa, Océane Sercien-Ugolin, Chiara Hölzl, Sean Longstaff, and Elvis Rexhbeçaj. After her are Nils Stump, Luis Haquín, Ismaël Diallo, Shuto Abe, Guido Vadalá, and Juan Soriano.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yukako Kawai ranks 5,488 out of 6,245. Before her are Yuto Takeoka (1986), Yuji Funayama (1985), Kensuke Sato (1989), Takashi Kanai (1990), Yuzo Iwakami (1989), and Junya Koga (1987). After her are Tomohiko Murayama (1987), Tsugumi Sakurai (2001), Yudai Iwama (1986), Tetsushi Kondo (1986), Takuya Matsumoto (1989), and Kenta Anraku (1992).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Yukako Kawai ranks 98. Before her are Eri Tosaka (1993), Shohei Yabiku (1995), Akira Sone (2000), Haruna Murayama (1999), Yuka Kagami (2001), and Miku Tashiro (1994). After her are Tsugumi Sakurai (2001), Sara Dosho (1994), Akari Fujinami (2003), Shoichiro Mukai (1996), and Eduardo Yudy Santos (1994).

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