About
Japanese freestyle wrestler who rose to fame after winning a gold medal at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris. She went on to win gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Many have considered her to be the top wrestler in her weight class.
Before Fame
She began training under the instruction of champion wrestler Shoko Yoshimura at the young age of 13.
Trivia
In the year 2018, she received the Wrestling Special Award from the newspaper Tokyo Sports. She has shared her wrestling triumphs on her yui106301susaki Instagram account, which boasts more than 160,000 followers.
Family Life
She is from Matsudo, Japan.
Associated With
She and Rui Hachimura were selected to be the flagbearers for Japan in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
