EMURA Misaki

Shopping, fashion. (championship, 15 Nov 2022; Instagram profile, 20 Mar 2021)

Athlete

Law - Chuo University, Hachioji, JPN

Japanese, Korean

Tachihi Holdings [Japan]

Jerome Guth [national], FRA

Right (fie, 30 Jun 2015)

Her father Koji Emura has represented Japan in fencing, and competed in foil at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. He also served as head coach of the Japanese fencing team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Her mother Takae Emura competed in epee at the 1997 World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa. Her younger brother Ryohei competed in sabre at the 2022 Trophee Luxardo in Padua, Italy, while her older brother Syotaro has competed in fencing at national level in Japan. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Jun 2023; sanspo, 26 Apr 2021; nikkansports, 09 Apr 2021, 03 Jun 2018; eurofencing, 01 Jan 2021; fencing-jpn, 01 Oct 2020; hochi, 24 Sep 2014)

2014 for Japan (fie, 30 Jun 2015)

She began fencing at age nine. (hochi, 24 Sep 2014)

She was encouraged to try the sport by her parents, and went to a fencing class where her father coached. She took up foil in grade three of primary school, but competed in sabre at a competition which had a prize of a jigsaw puzzle. She then switched to sabre before starting middle school. (sanspo, 26 Apr 2021; fencingfan, 01 Nov 2015)

To win two medals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (sportiva, 23 Feb 2023)

Coach Lee Wook-Jae. (sportiva, 23 Feb 2023)

"The attraction of fencing lies in the spectacle offered. Looking for perfectly precise movements and winning with impeccable technique is exhilarating." (shinken-oita, 05 Apr 2021)

She and shooter Akihito Shimizu were named flag bearers for Japan for the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (nhk, 15 Sep 2023)

She was given the 2014 Sports Prize for Encouragement in Tokyo, Japan. (tokyo, 25 Nov 2014)