Arisa Kinjo

Arisa Kinjo

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 26) Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Height	160 cm (63 in)
Sport
Sport	Handball
Position	Right back
Current club	Samcheok City Hall
Medal record Women's handball Representing  Japan Asian Games 2026 Aichi–Nagoya Team

Arisa Kinjo (Japanese: 金城 ありさ, Kinjo Arisa; born 8 December 1999) is a Japanese handball player who plays as a right back for Samcheok City Hall in South Korea and the Japan women's national handball team. She won a silver medal with Japan at the 2026 Asian Games and represented the country at the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.

Career

Kinjo attended Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education, where she played collegiate handball. She competed alongside Miyako Hatsumi, and the pair helped their university win the 2018 All Japan Student Handball Championship and the 2019 Kanto Student Handball League Division 1 title. Kinjo began playing handball in elementary school, influenced by her older sister, who also played the sport.

Kinjo represented Japan in international competitions while studying at Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education. She was included in Japan's squad for the 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament, where she scored seven goals in the match against Hungary.

In November 2025, Kinjo joined Samcheok City Hall, a South Korean handball club competing in the Korea Handball League. She represented Japan at the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship, held in Germany and the Netherlands, playing as a right back.

Kinjo was selected for Japan's women's handball team at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya. Japan advanced to the final, where it lost to South Korea and finished with the silver medal.

References

External links

• Arisa Kinjo at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese)
• Arisa Kinjo at the International Handball Federation
• Arisa Kinjo at the Korea Handball Federation