Akari Ogata (緒方 亜香里, Ogata Akari, born 24 September 1990) is a Japanese judoka.

Akari Ogata
Akari Ogata with her first Shooto medal
Personal information
Born (1990-09-24) 24 September 1990 (age 34)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2012)
World Champ.Silver (2011)
Asian Champ.Silver (2010)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou ‍–‍78 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Baku ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Almaty ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Moscow ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2010 Rotterdam ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍78 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF1352
JudoInside.com49293
Updated on 17 July 2023

Ogata started taking part in karate at the age of 7 and she became national junior karate champion when she was 10, but at age 13, she quit karate and started to practice judo.[1]

Ogata won a bronze medal in the half-heavyweight (78 kg) division at the 2010 World Judo Championships, and silver a year later.[2] She has also won silver at the 2010 Asian Games. Ogata had previously won the 2009 World Juniors Championships in that weight division.[2]

Ogata's favorite techniques are uchimata, ōuchi gari and sankaku-jime.

She started her MMA career in 2022 with a fight in the Japanese MMA league Shooto, during which time she fought once and won by referee stoppage. After that she competed in a Shooto Colors grappling event and won by Kimura armlock. As of early 2024 she has been competing in ONE Championship.[3] Her standing in ONE Championship is 1 win by via TKO.

Ogata works as a Judo therapist.[4]

Mixed martial arts record

edit
Professional record breakdown
1 match 1 win 0 losses
By knockout 1 0
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 1–0 Khozhiniso Komoldinova TKO (punches) ONE Friday Fights 57 March 29, 2024 3 1:16 Bangkok, Thailand Catchweight (163 lb) bout.

References

edit
  1. ^ "スポ-ツの顔 78キロ級の新女王 緒方亜香里(体育1年)". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Akari Ogata, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Tapology Akari Ogata". Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  4. ^ Akari, Ogata. "Akari Ogata's Instagram". Retrieved 9 May 2024.
edit