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Rika Usami

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Rika Usami
Born (1986-02-20) February 20, 1986 (age 38)
Tokyo, Japan
Native name宇佐美里香
NationalityJapanese
StyleKarate
TrainerYoshimi Inoue
UniversityKokushikan University
Rika Usami
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Japan
World Karate Championships
Gold medal – first place Paris 2012
Bronze medal – third place Belgrade 2010
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place Ghangzhou 2010

Rika Usami (宇佐美 里香, Usami Rika, born February 20, 1986) is a Japanese practitioner in Shito-ryu Karate who is best known for her victory at the 2012 World Karate Championships.[1]

Early life

Usami was born on February 20, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan. She had said in an interview that she started karate when she was 10 years old by joining a Goju-ryu-style dojo located near her family’s house in Tokyo, after seeing a female fighter on television. Her older brother had been practicing karate and let Usami wear his karate gi on occasions, so that helped her a lot when she decided to eventually start practicing Karate herself.

Her first karate tournament was when she was a green belt at 12 years old in elementary school. She didn't participate in big tournaments until at age 15. She first won a big tournament at 17 years old at the national high school championship.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Karate records World Championship 2012". Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Exclusive Interview: Rika Usami - The Undisputed Queen of Karate Kata". Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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