Akari Fujinami

Akari Fujinami
Fujinami in 2024
Personal information
Native name
藤波朱理
Born (2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 (age 22)
Yokkaichi, Japan
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
RelativeYuhi Fujinami (brother)
Sport
SportWrestling
Weight class
53 kg
Event
Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 Paris53kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Oslo53kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Belgrade53kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Hangzhou53kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Aichi–Nagoya57kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Ulaanbaatar53kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Astana53kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2023 Zagreb53kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Sofia55kg
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Novi Sad57kg
U17 World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Zagreb49kg
U17 Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Tashkent49kg

Akari Fujinami (Japanese: 藤波朱理; born 11 November 2003) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She won 155 straight national and international bouts after her loss at the National Junior High School Wrestling Championships in 2017. Her streak ended at the 2026 Asian Games after being pinned by Il Sim Son.

Career

Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. She also won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. She defeated Pang Qianyu of China in her gold medal match.

In 2024, Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She defeated Lucía Yépez of Ecuador in her gold medal match.

In 2026, Fujinami's 155-match win streak ended at the 2026 Asian Games when she trailed 0–10 against Il Sim Son and was eventually pinned, suffering her first international loss.

Awards

References

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  2. ↑ "17歳藤波朱理が初出場V 兄は17年世界選手権銅" [17-year-old Akari Fujinami won the World Championships in her first appearance. Her brother won bronze at the 2017 World Championships]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan. 2020-12-20. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  3. ↑ "FUJINAMI Akari". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "国内外86連勝の超逸材など日本女子レスリングは早くも世代交代？ 続々と現れる金メダル級のニューヒロインたち" [Starting with a super-talented wrestler who has won 86 consecutive victories at home and abroad, is Japan's women's wrestling already undergoing a generational change? New heroines of the gold medal caliber emerging one after another] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  5. 1 2 "Fujinami Suffers First-Ever International Loss, End of 155-Win Streak". United World Wrestling. 2026-10-03. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
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  8. ↑ "Japan dominate second day of women's bouts at Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  11. 1 2 "2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "I will rebuild from scratch, win 2028 Olympic gold: Fujinami after first international loss". United World Wrestling. 2026-10-05. Retrieved 2026-10-05.