Koki Kano

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1997-12-19) December 19, 1997 Ama, Japan
Sport
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

External links

• Koki Kano at the International Fencing Federation
• Koki Kano at Olympedia