Kazuyasu Minobe

Kazuyasu Minobe
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Kazu (カズ)
Born	(1987-07-15) 15 July 1987 (age 36) Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Épée
Hand	left-handed
National coach	Oleksandr Horbachuk
Club	Nexus
Head coach	Hiroshi Hashimoto
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Men's épée Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team World Championships 2022 Cairo Individual 2022 Cairo Team Asian Championships 2016 Wuxi Team 2012 Wakayama Team 2014 Suwon Team 2015 Singapore Individual 2015 Singapore Team 2016 Wuxi Individual 2017 Hong Kong Team 2019 Chiba Team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team 2014 Incheon Team 2010 Guangzhou Team

Kazuyasu Minobe (見延 和靖, Minobe Kazuyasu, born 15 July 1987) is a Japanese left-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic champion.^[1]

Along with Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, and Satoru Uyama, Minobe was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team men's épée event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in fencing.^[2]

Career

Minobe's first sport was volleyball. He took up fencing in high school, on his father's advice. He made his international debut in 2008 and joined the Japanese national team, with whom he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou and a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Épée	1st[3]

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[4]
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Team Men's Épée	3rd[5]

Asian Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Suwon, South Korea	Team Men's Épée	3rd[6]
2015	Singapore	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[7]
2015	Singapore	Team Men's Épée	3rd[8]
2016	Wuxi, China	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[9]
2016	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	1st[10]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Team Men's Épée	3rd[11]
2019	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Épée	3rd[12]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
2017-03-24	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[13]
2019-03-08	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	1st[14]
2019-05-03	Bogotá, Colombia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[15]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2015-11-13	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[16]
2018-01-25	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	1st[17]
2018-11-23	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[18]

References

External links

• Official website
• Kazuyasu Minobe at the International Fencing Federation
• Kazuyasu Minobe at Olympedia