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| MINOBE Kazuyasu |
| NOC |
Japan
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| Gender | Men |
| Born |
15 Jul 1987
in Echizen, JPN
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| Height | 1.77 m |
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Sport Specific Information |
| Club / Team |
Nexus: Japan |
Further Personal Information |
| Higher education |
Politics - Hosei University: Tokyo, JPN |
| Languages |
Japanese |
General Interest |
| Nicknames |
Kazu (nexus-group.jp, 19 May 2015) |
Sport Specific Information |
| Handedness |
Left |
Further Personal Information |
| Occupation |
Athlete, Office Worker |
General Interest |
| Injuries |
In March 2021 he sustained a hernia. He put off surgery until after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 17 Nov 2021, 10 Sep 2021)
He sustained injuries to his neck and his shoulders at the 2016 World Cup event in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (sankei.com, 15 Feb 2016) |
Sport Specific Information |
| Why this sport? |
He was involved in karate for six years while he was in primary school, and played volleyball in middle school. He began fencing at high school following encouragement from his father. |
| When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began fencing at high school in Echizen, Japan. He initially took up foil, but switched to epee after starting university. |
International Debut |
| Year |
2008 |
| Competing for |
Japan |
| Tournament |
World Cup |
| Location |
Montreal, QC, CAN |
General Interest |
| Ambitions |
To win individual and team gold in epee at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (nikkansports.com, 10 Aug 2021) |
| Other information |
ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE
In August 2017 he was voted onto the International Fencing Federation [FIE] athletes' commission. In 2019 he began serving as a member of the athletes' committee of the Japanese Fencing Federation. (fencing-jpn.jp, 05 Dec 2019; fie.org, 04 Aug 2017)
AMBIDEXTROUS
He is naturally right-handed, but trained himself to fence left-handed. (hochi.news, 31 Jul 2021) |
| Hero / Idol |
Japanese feudal lord Nobunaga Oda. (gunosy.com, 22 May 2019) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Don't set limits for yourself." (the-ans.jp, 17 Jan 2023) |
| Milestones |
Along with Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, and Satoru Uyama, he was part of the men's epee team that won Japan's first gold medal in any fencing discipline at the Olympic Games. They beat ROC in the final at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Apr 2022; mainichi.jp, 30 Jul 2021)
He became the first fencer representing Japan to win a medal in men's individual epee at the world championships by claiming silver at the 2022 edition of the tournament in Cairo, Egypt. (SportsDeskOnline, 13 Jun 2023; the-ans.jp, 17 Jan 2023) |
| Most influential person in career |
His high school coach Katsuaki Moroe. (the-ans.jp, 17 Jan 2023) |
Sport Specific Information |
| Name of coach |
Satoshi Hoshino [club], JPN; Oleksandr Gorbachuk [national], UKR |
| Olympic Games |
| 2020 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 |
Quarterfinal |
Individual Epee |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| World Championships |
| 2022 |
2 |
Individual Epee |
Cairo, Egypt |
| 2022 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Cairo, Egypt |
| Asian Championships |
| 2023 |
6 |
Individual Epee |
Wuxi, China |
| 2019 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 2018 |
5 |
Team Epee |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2017 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Hong Kong, China |
| 2016 |
3 |
Individual Epee |
Wuxi, China |
| 2015 |
3 |
Individual Epee |
Singapore, Singapore |
| 2015 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Singapore, Singapore |
| 2011 |
5 |
Team Epee |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2011 |
7 |
Individual Epee |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2010 |
6 |
Team Epee |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
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