Yukako Kawai won Japan's first wrestling gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday by outpointing Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova 4-3 in a frenetic women's 62-kilogram final.
After taking a 4-1 lead, the 23-year-old Kawai survived a late fightback from 2019 world champion Tynybekova to win gold in her first Olympics.
Kawai's older sister Risako, 26, earlier booked her ticket to Thursday's 57 kg gold medal match with a 2-1 semifinal win against American Helen Maroulis at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba Prefecture.