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RYO KIYUNA

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Feb 17, 2023
Karate gold medalist Ryo Kiyuna retires
Kiyuna was Japan"s lone karate gold medalist when the sport made its Olympic debut in Tokyo in 2021.
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Aug 7, 2021
Japanese gold medalist Ryo Kiyuna confident karate will return to Olympics
"We showed that the tradition of Okinawa has spread and there are karate athletes around the world," Kiyuna said.
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Aug 6, 2021
Ryo Kiyuna becomes Okinawa's first Olympic champion with karate gold
The win by Kiyuna in the men's kata competition is also the first gold for Japan in the sport, which is making its debut at the Tokyo Games.
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Aug 6, 2021
Okinawa native Ryo Kiyuna mesmerizes in men's kata contest
Japan's Ryo Kiyuna looks set to collect gold on Friday as he dominated the men's kata competition with lofty scores that were a cut above the rest.
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Aug 5, 2021
Japan’s big hope in karate is from the home of the sport
Ryo Kiyuna, a three-time world champion, hails from Okinawa, where karate was developed centuries ago.
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Jul 31, 2021
Will Japan’s gold rush end with judo? Not likely.
Japan has won nine golds in judo so far, the most by a single nation at an Olympics. Japan set the previous mark of eight in 2004.
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Jul 22, 2021
For karateka at the Games, the goal is gold. For karate the sport, the goal is inclusion.
Karate is getting its moment to shine at the Olympics, but are the Games simply catching up to something a lot of us already know?
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Dec 19, 2020
Olympic karate favorite Ryo Kiyuna contracts coronavirus
Ryo Kiyuna, the favorite to win men's kata gold when karate makes its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games, has contracted the coronavirus, his master said Saturday.
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Dec 14, 2020
Olympic favorite Ryo Kiyuna seizes ninth straight title at karate championships
Kiyuna said heu2019s never competed with records in mind, and insisted his nine straight titles are the result of his dedication to fulfill his own potential.
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Dec 8, 2020
Karate elite await national championships after pandemic hiatus
Sunday's event at the renovated Nippon Budokan will be the first time many of Japan's top karateka have competed since early this year.
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Dec 31, 2019
Forecasting Japan's top medal hopefuls for 2020 Games
Japan's Olympians intend to take the nation by storm with their best-ever results at the 2020 Tokyo Games this summer.
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Jan 28, 2019
Kata aces Ryo Kiyuna, Kiyou Shimizu strike gold in Paris
Japan underlined its dominance of the kata discipline at the opening event of the Karate-1 Premier League season on Sunday, with Ryo Kiyuna taking the men's gold and Kiyou Shimizu taking the women's title.
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Nov 12, 2018
Japan dominates kata team events at karate world championships
Japan won gold medals in both the men's and women's karate kata team competition on Sunday, the final day of the six-day world championships.
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Nov 11, 2018
Ryo Kiyuna wins third consecutive karate gold at worlds
Karateka Ryo Kiyuna clinched his third consecutive world crown in the kata division for men at the world championships in Madrid on Saturday.
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Aug 26, 2018
Ryo Kiyuna, Kiyou Shimizu continue to help raise karate's profile
There were a lot of fans angling to get a closer look at Ryo Kiyuna, after the Japanese men's kata karateka captured gold at the Asian Games on Saturday at the Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall.
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Aug 25, 2018
Kiyo Shimizu, Ryo Kiyuna nab individual kata titles at Asian Games
Kiyo Shimizu and Ryo Kiyuna won their respective women's and men's Asian Games' karate kata event golds on Saturday.
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Aug 16, 2018
Japan sending strong squad to Asian Games
The 18th edition of the Asian Games, the region's biggest sporting extravaganza, will officially begin on Saturday in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
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Dec 11, 2017
Karate hoping to make mark at Tokyo Games
With its practitioners numbering over 130 million around the world and nearly 200 nations having become members of its international governing body, karate has become more of a global sport than Japan's own, traditional martial art.
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Jul 26, 2017
Kiyuna, Shimizu win gold in karate kata at World Games
Reigning world champions Ryo Kiyuna and Kiyou Shimizu won gold in the karate kata division for men and women, respectively, at the World Games on Tuesday.

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