Akari Ogata

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
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2012)
World Champ. (2011)
Asian Champ. (2010)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2011 Paris 78 kg
2010 Tokyo 78 kg
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou 78 kg
World Masters
2011 Baku 78 kg
2012 Almaty 78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2009 Tokyo 78 kg
2010 Paris 78 kg
2011 Moscow 78 kg
2011 Tokyo 78 kg
2010 Rio de Janeiro 78 kg
2012 Tokyo 78 kg
2013 Paris 78 kg
2015 Baku 78 kg
2010 Tokyo 78 kg
2012 Paris 78 kg
2015 Paris 78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2010 Rotterdam 78 kg
2015 Ulaanbaatar 78 kg
World Juniors Championships
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 practise judo.

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

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

She currently competes in the Japanese MMA league Shooto, and works as a Judo therapist.

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