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Line 1: {{~~short~~Short description\|Japanese karateka (born 1990)}} {{Infobox sportsperson \| honorific_prefix = Line 21: \| citizenship = \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|df=yes\|1990\|7\|12}} \| birth_place = [[Okinawa (city)\|Okinawa]], Japan<ref name="ryukyu_shimpo_determined_to_win_tokyo_2020">{{Cite web \|date=1 January 2020 \|title=Ryo Kiyuna determined to win gold medal at Tokyo Olympics, “I"I train 365 days a ~~year”~~year" \|url=http://english.ryukyushimpo.jp/2020/01/07/31496/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604174551/http://english.ryukyushimpo.jp/2020/01/07/31496/ \|archive-date=4 June 2020 \|access-date=4 June 2020 \|website=Ryukyu Shimpo}}</ref> \| death_date = <!-- {{death date and age\|death year\|death month\|death day\|birth year\|birth month\|birth day}} --> \| death_place = Line 43: <!-- Sport --> \| country = Japan \| sport = [[Karate]] \| position = \| disability = Line 98: {{Medal\|Gold\| [[2018 Asian Karate Championships\|2018 Amman]] \| Individual kata }} {{Medal\|Gold\| [[2019 Asian Karate Championships\|2019 Tashkent]] \| Individual kata }} {{Medal\|Gold\| [[2021 Asian Karate Championships\|2021 Almaty]] \| Individual kata }} {{Medal\|Gold\| [[2015 Asian Karate Championships\|2015 Yokohama]] \| Team kata }} {{Medal\|Gold\| [[2017 Asian Karate Championships\|2017 Astana]] \| Team kata }} {{Medal\|Gold\| [[2018 Asian Karate Championships\|2018 Amman]] \| Team kata }} {{Medal\|Gold\| [[2019 Asian Karate Championships\|2019 Tashkent]] \| Team kata }} {{Medal\|Gold\| [[2021 Asian Karate Championships\|2021 Almaty]] \| Team kata }} {{Medal\|Gold\| [[2022 Asian Karate Championships\|2022 Tashkent]] \| Team kata }} {{Medal\|Bronze\| [[2013 Asian Karate Championships\|2013 Dubai]] \| Individual kata }} {{Medal\|Competition\| [[Asian Games]] }} Line 113 ⟶ 116: \| module3 = }} '''Ryo Kiyuna''' (喜友名諒, ''Kiyuna Ryō'', born 12 July 1990)<ref name="karate_results_asian_games_2018">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/89/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Karate_v1.0.pdf \|title=Karate Results \|website=2018 Asian Games \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419171221/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/89/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Karate_v1.0.pdf \|archive-date=19 April 2020 \|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> is aan ~~Japanese~~Okinawan [[karate]]ka. He won the gold medal in the [[Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's kata\|men's kata]] event at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="world_champion_kiyuna_wins_first_mens_olympic_kata_title_2021">{{Cite news \|last=Barker \|first=Philip \|date=6 August 2021 \|title=World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title \|work=InsideTheGames.biz \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111336/kiyuna-wins-mens-olympic-kata-title~~\|url-status=live~~ \|access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="remembering_world_karate_championships_2018">{{Cite news \|date=11 November 2020 \|title=Remembering the 2018 Karate World Championships \|work=World Karate Federation \|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-world-championships/1424 \|url-status=live \|access-date=19 November 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113062118/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-world-championships/1424 \|archive-date=13 November 2020}}</ref> He ishas also awon ~~four-time~~multiple gold ~~medalist~~medals in both the individual and team kata events at the [[Asian Karate Championships]]. == Career == At the [[2012 World Karate Championships]] held in Paris, France, heKiyuna won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual kata event.<ref name="tokyo_weekender_meet_sensation_tokyo_2020">{{Cite web \|last=Hernon \|first=Matthew \|date=16 August 2019 \|title=Meet the Tokyo 2020 Athletes: Karate Sensation Ryo Kiyuna \|url=https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2019/08/meet-tokyo-2020-athletes-karate-sensation-ryo-kiyuna/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604172418/https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2019/08/meet-tokyo-2020-athletes-karate-sensation-ryo-kiyuna/ \|archive-date=4 June 2020 \|access-date=4 June 2020 \|website=Tokyo Weekender}}</ref> The following year, he [[Japan at the 2013 World Games\|represented Japan]] at the [[2013 World Games]] in Cali, Colombia and he won the bronze medal in the [[Karate at the 2013 World Games\|men's kata]] event.<ref name="karate_medalists_world_games_2013">{{Cite web \|title=Karate Medalists by Event \|url=https://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C93_9.0.pdf \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815221055/https://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C93_9.0.pdf \|archive-date=15 August 2020 \|access-date=15 August 2020 \|website=2013 World Games}}</ref> In 2014, at the [[2014 World Karate Championships\|World Karate Championships]] held in Bremen, Germany, heKiyuna won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event.<ref name="tokyo_weekender_meet_sensation_tokyo_2020"/><ref name="four_gold_medals_opening_day_world_championships_2016">{{Cite news \|last=Etchells \|first=Daniel \|date=29 October 2016 \|title=Four gold medals for Japan on opening day of finals at 2016 Karate World Championships \|work=InsideTheGames.biz \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1043154/four-gold-medals-for-japan-on-opening-day-of-finals-at-2016-karate-world-championships~~\|url-status=live~~ \|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref> At the [[2016 World Karate Championships]] held in Linz, Austria, he won the gold medal in both the men's individual and men's team kata events.<ref name="tokyo_weekender_meet_sensation_tokyo_2020"/><ref name="four_gold_medals_opening_day_world_championships_2016"/><ref name="japan_top_medal_table_world_2016">{{Cite news \|last=Etchells \|first=Daniel \|date=30 October 2016 \|title=Japan top medal table at 2016 Karate World Championships after claiming team kata double on final day \|work=InsideTheGames.biz \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1043166/japan-top-medal-table-at-2016-karate-world-championships-after-claiming-team-kata-double-on-final-day~~\|url-status=live~~ \|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> In 2017, heKiyuna won the gold medal in the [[Karate at the 2017 World Games – Men's kata\|men's kata]] event at the [[2017 World Games\|World Games]] held in Wrocław, Poland.<ref name="tokyo_weekender_meet_sensation_tokyo_2020"/><ref name="kiyuna_shimizu_gold_world_games_2017">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/07/26/more-sports/kiyuna-shimizu-win-gold-karate-kata-world-games/ \|title=Kiyuna, Shimizu win gold in karate kata at World Games \|date=26 July 2017 \|work=The Japan Times \|access-date=18 April 2020~~\|url-status=live~~}}</ref><ref name="karate_results_world_games_2017">{{Cite web \|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf \|title=Karate Results \|website=2017 World Games \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf \|archive-date=24 April 2020 \|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> In the final, he defeated [[Damián Quintero]] of Spain.<ref name="karate_results_world_games_2017"/> At the [[2018 Asian Karate Championships]] held in Amman, Jordan, heKiyuna won the gold medal in the men's kata event.<ref name="japan_claim_seven_gold_asian_karate_2018">{{Cite news \|last=Etchells \|first=Daniel \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067479/japan-claim-seven-gold-medals-at-asian-karate-championships \|title=Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships \|date=14 July 2018 \|work=InsideTheGames.biz \|access-date=26 April 2020~~\|url-status=live~~}}</ref> A month later, he won the gold medal in the [[Karate at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's kata\|men's kata]] event at the [[2018 Asian Games]] held in Jakarta, Indonesia.<ref name="tokyo_weekender_meet_sensation_tokyo_2020"/><ref name="karate_results_asian_games_2018"/><ref name="unified_korean_team_dragon_boat_2018">{{Cite news \|last=Etchells \|first=Daniel \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1069203/unified-korean-team-win-dragon-boat-bronze-medal-on-historic-day-at-2018-asian-games \|title=Unified Korean team win dragon boat bronze medal on historic day at 2018 Asian Games \|date=25 August 2018 \|work=InsideTheGames.biz \|access-date=23 April 2020~~\|url-status=live~~}}</ref> In the final, he defeated [[Wang Yi-ta]] of Taiwan. In 2019, at the [[2019 Asian Karate Championships\|Asian Karate Championships]] held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he won the gold medal in both the men's individual kata and men's team kata events.<ref name="japan_earn_six_titles_uzbek_golden_2019">{{Cite news \|last=Rowbottom \|first=Mike \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1082367/asian-karate-championships-in-tashkent \|title=Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships \|date=20 July 2019 \|work=InsideTheGames.biz \|access-date=23 April 2020~~\|url-status=live~~}}</ref><ref name="asian_karate_championships_results_2019">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/akf-seniorresultados-16th-akf-senior-championships-15-21-july-tashkent-uzbekistan-001.pdf \|title=2019 Asian Karate Championships Results \|website=World Karate Federation \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423202643/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/akf-seniorresultados-16th-akf-senior-championships-15-21-july-tashkent-uzbekistan-001.pdf \|archive-date=23 April 2020 \|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> HeKiyuna [[Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics\|represented Japan]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="wkf_announces_first_qualified_2020">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/meet-karates-first-qualified-athletes-for-tokyo-2020/1256 \|title=WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020 \|date=18 March 2020 \|work=WKF.net \|access-date=18 April 2020~~\|url-status=live~~}}</ref><ref name="wkf_announces_first_forty_tokyo_2020">{{Cite news \|last=Shefferd \|first=Neil \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1092111/karate-olympic-qualifiers \|title=World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020 \|date=18 March 2020 \|work=InsideTheGames.biz \|access-date=18 April 2020~~\|url-status=live~~}}</ref> He won the gold medal in the [[Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's kata\|men's kata]] event,<ref name="kiyuna_mesmerises_to_win_kata_gold_2021">{{Cite news \|date=6 August 2021 \|title=Karate-Okinawa's Kiyuna mesmerises to win men's kata gold \|work=Reuters \|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/karate-okinawa-native-kiyuna-mesmerises-mens-kata-contest-2021-08-06/ \|access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="karate_one_games_wonder_drama_emotion_tokyo_2020">{{Cite news \|date=8 August 2021 \|title=Tokyo Olympics: Karate - the one-Games wonder that delivered on drama and emotion \|work=BBC Sport \|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/58134761 \|access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref> becoming Japan's first gold medalist from Okinawa.<ref name=olympics.com>{{cite web\| \|title=Sayonara, and bonjour: Japanese stars who shone brightly at Tokyo 2020\| \|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/olympics-japan-stars-tokyo-2020 \|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics \|publisher=~~International~~[[Tokyo ~~Olympic~~Organising Committee \|of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] \|date=8 August 2021 \|access-date=10 August 2021 \|archive-date=10 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810015216/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/olympics-japan-stars-tokyo-2020 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> In the final, he defeated [[Damián Quintero]] of Spain.<ref name="karate_results_book_summer_olympics_2020">{{Cite web \|title=Karate Results Book \|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf \|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics \|publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] \|access-date=10 August 2021 \|url-status=~~live~~dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf \|archive-date=10 August 2021~~\|access-date=10 August 2021\|website=2020 Summer Olympics~~}}</ref> He was also the flag bearer for Japan during the [[2020 Summer Olympics closing ceremony\|closing ceremony]].<ref name="closing_ceremony_flag_bearers_summer_olympics_2020">{{Cite web \|title=List of Tokyo 2020 closing ceremony flag bearers \|url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2021/08/Tokyo-2020-Closing-Ceremony-Flag-bearers.pdf \|url-status=live \|archive-url=~~http~~https://web.archive.org/web/20211004201903/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2021/08/Tokyo-2020-Closing-Ceremony-Flag-bearers.pdf \|archive-date=4 October 2021 \|access-date=16 November 2021 \|~~website~~work=~~2020~~Olympics.com ~~Summer~~\|publisher=[[International ~~Olympics~~Olympic Committee]]}}</ref> A few months after the Olympics, he won the gold medal in the [[2021 World Karate Championships – Men's individual kata\|men's kata]] event at the [[2021 World Karate Championships]] held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<ref name="kiyuna_makes_history_as_olympic_gold_medallists_retain_titles_karate_world_championships_2021">{{Cite news \|last=Morgan \|first=Liam \|date=20 November 2021 \|title=Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships \|work=[[Inside the Games\|InsideTheGames.biz]] \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115725/olympic-gold-star-karate-world-champs~~\|url-status=live~~ \|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="world_karate_championships_results_book_2021">{{Cite web \|title=2021 World Karate Championships Results Book \|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf \|url-status=live \|archive-url=~~http~~https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf \|archive-date=21 November 2021 \|access-date=21 November 2021 \|website=World Karate Federation}}</ref> In December 2021, he won the gold medal in both the men's individual and men's team kata events at the [[2021 Asian Karate Championships\|Asian Karate Championships]] held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.<ref name="japan_top_medal_table_asian_karate_championships_in_almaty_2021">{{Cite news \|last=Burke \|first=Patrick \|date=22 December 2021 \|title=Japan top medal table at Asian Karate Championships in Almaty \|work=[[Inside the Games\|InsideTheGames.biz]] \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117171/japan-asian-karate-champs-2021 \|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="results_book_asian_karate_championships_2021">{{Cite web \|title=2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book \|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222173136/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf \|archive-date=22 December 2021 \|access-date=22 December 2021 \|website=Sportdata.org}}</ref> == Personal life == He studied at [[Okinawa International University]].<ref name="ryukyu_shimpo_determined_to_win_tokyo_2020"/> In December 2020, he contracted [[Coronavirus disease 2019\|COVID-19]].<ref name="karate_world_kiyuna_contracts_coronavirus_2020">{{Cite news \|last=Berkeley \|first=Geoff \|date=19 December 2020 \|title=Karate world champion Kiyuna contracts coronavirus as cases rise in Japan \|work=InsideTheGames.biz \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102197/kiyuna-contracts-coronavirus-karate \|url-status=live \|access-date=19 December 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219165127/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102197/kiyuna-contracts-coronavirus-karate \|archive-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> Kiyuna's mother died in 2019 at the age of 57. At the gold medal ceremony for kata at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Kiyuna paid tribute to his mother's support by carrying a framed picture of her during the proceedings.<ref name=wapost>{{citation \|last1=Denyer \|first1=Simon \|last2=Inuma \|first2=Julia Mio \|title=An Okinawa native wins gold in karate, making history for his sport and its birthplace \| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=6 August 2021 \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/08/06/okinawa-ryo-kiyuna-olympic-gold-karate/}}</ref><ref name=kyodo>{{citation \|title=Japan's Kiyuna confident karate will return to Olympics \| newspaper=[[Kyodo News]] \|date=7 August 2021 \|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/08/6e431d12b9c5-japans-kiyuna-confident-karate-will-return-to-olympics.html}}</ref> == Achievements == Line 228 ⟶ 231: \|Team kata \|- \|rowspan=24 \| 2021 \|[[Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics\|Summer Olympics]] \|Tokyo, Japan Line 238 ⟶ 241: \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|[[2021 World Karate Championships – Men's individual kata\|Individual kata]] \|- \|rowspan=2 \| [[2021 Asian Karate Championships\|Asian Championships]] \|rowspan=2 \| Almaty, Kazakhstan \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Individual kata \|- \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Team kata \|- \|2022 \|[[2022 Asian Karate Championships\|Asian Championships]] \|Tashkent, Uzbekistan \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Team kata \|} Line 244 ⟶ 261: == External links == {{Commons category}} ~~{{Commonscat}}~~ * {{WKF ranking \| JPN261 }}▼ * {{sports links}} ▲* {{WKF ranking \| JPN261 }} {{Footer Olympic Champions Karate Kata Men}} Line 259 ⟶ 276: [[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]] [[Category:Competitors at the 2013 World Games]]▼ [[Category:Competitors at the 2017 World Games]]▼ [[Category:World Games medalists in karate]] [[Category:World Games gold medalists for Japan]] [[Category:World Games bronze medalists for Japan]] [[Category:People from Okinawa Island]] [[Category:Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic karateka offor Japan]] [[Category:Olympic medalists in karate]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Japan]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Okinawa Prefecture]] ▲[[Category:~~Competitors~~Medalists at the 2013 World Games]] ▲[[Category:~~Competitors~~Medalists at the 2017 World Games]]