Koki Kano

Japanese fencer (born 1997)

Koki Kano

Personal information

Nationality

Japanese

Born

(1997-12-19) December 19, 1997 (age 26)
Ama, Japan

Sport

Fencing

Medal record

Men's épée

Representing Japan
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	Team
World Championships
	2022 Cairo	Team
Asian Games
	2018 Jakarta-Palembang	Team
	2022 Hangzhou	Individual
	2022 Hangzhou	Team
	2018 Jakarta-Palembang	Individual
Asian Fencing Championships
	2022 Seoul	Individual
	2023 Wuxi	Individual
	2023 Wuxi	Team
	2018 Bangkok	Individual
	2019 Chiba	Team
	2022 Seoul	Team

Koki Kano (加納虹輝, Kanō Kōki, born 19 December 1997) is a Japanese right-handed épée fencer, 2022 individual Asian champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion.^[1]

Along with Masaru Yamada, Kazuyasu Minobe, and Satoru Uyama, Kano 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]

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	Team Men's Épée	3rd^[4]

Asian Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2018	Bangkok, Thailand	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[5]
2019	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Épée	3rd^[6]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Men's Épée	1st^[7]
2022	Seoul, South Korea	Team Men's Épée	3rd^[8]
2023	Wuxi, China	Individual Men's Épée	1st
2023	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	1st

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2017-01-26	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[9]
2017-05-12	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[10]
2019-01-10	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	3rd^[11]
2019-02-08	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	1st^[12]

References

^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

External links

Koki Kano at the International Fencing Federation
Koki Kano at Olympedia

Olympic Fencing Champions in Men's Team Épée

1908: Alibert, Berger, Collignon, Olivier, Gravier, Lippmann, Stern (FRA)
1912: P. Anspach, H. Anspach, Hennet, de Montigny, Ochs, Rom, Salmon, Willems (BEL)
1920: A. Nadi, N. Nadi, Olivier, Canova, Urbani, Bozza, Marrazzi, Allochio, Costantino, di Revel (ITA)
1924: Gaudin, Buchard, Ducret, Labatut, Liottel, Lippmann, Tainturier (FRA)
1928: Basletta, Bertinetti, Cornaggia-Medici, Agostino, Minoli, Riccardi (ITA)
1932: Jourdant, Schmetz, Tainturier, Buchard, Piot, Cattiau (FRA)
1936: Pezzana, Mangiarotti, Ragno, Cornaggia-Medici, Brusati, Riccardi (ITA)
1948: Huet, Pécheux, Desprets, Artigas, Guérin, Lepage (FRA)
1952: Battaglia, Pavesi, Bertinetti, Delfino, D. Mangiarotti, E. Mangiarotti (ITA)
1956: Delfino, Bertinetti, Pellegrino, Anglesio, Pavesi, Mangiarotti (ITA)
1960: Delfino, Pellegrino, Pavesi, Mangiarotti, Marini, Saccaro (ITA)
1964: Bárány, Gábor, Kausz, Kulcsár, Nemere (HUN)
1968: Fenyvesi, Nemere, Schmitt, Kulcsár, Nagy (HUN)
1972: Erdős, Fenyvesi, Kulcsár, Schmitt, Osztrics (HUN)
1976: von Essen, Jacobson, Edling, Högström, Flodström (SWE)
1980: Riboud, Picot, Gardas, Boisse, Salesse (FRA)
1984: Borrmann, Fischer, Heer, Nickel, Pusch (FRG)
1988: Delpla, Henry, Lenglet, Riboud, Srecki (FRA)
1992: Borrmann, Felisiak, Schmitt, Proske, Resnitschenko (GER)
1996: Cuomo, Mazzoni, Randazzo (ITA)
2000: Mazzoni, Milanoli, Randazzo, Rota (ITA)
2004: F. Jeannet, J. Jeannet, Obry, Boisse (FRA)
2008: J. Jeannet, F. Jeannet, Robeiri (FRA)
2016: Grumier, Borel, Jérent, Lucenay (FRA)
2020: Kano, Minobe, Yamada, Uyama (JPN)

v t e Asian Games fencing champions in men's individual épée
1974 Makoto Ishikawa (JPN) 1978 Toshiaki Araki (JPN) 1986 Lee Il-hee (KOR) 1990 Yang Dal-sik (KOR) 1994 Xu Xuening (CHN) 1998 Yang Roy-sung (KOR) 2002 Zhao Gang (CHN) 2006 Wang Lei (CHN) 2010 Kim Won-jin (KOR) 2014 Jung Jin-sun (KOR) 2018 Dmitriy Alexanin (KAZ) 2022 Koki Kano (JPN)