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Kaori Icho

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Kaori Icho
Kaori Icho received award from Shinzo Abe in 2016
Personal information
Native name
伊調馨
Born13 June 1984 (1984-06-13) (age 42)
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2016)
Weight61 kg (134 lb) (2016)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportWrestling
Event
Freestyle
ClubSogho Security Services
Coached byKazuhito Sakae
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 4 – –
World Championships 10 – –
Asian Games 1 1 –
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin – 1 –
Total 15 2 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 Athens63 kg
Gold medal – first place2008 Beijing63 kg
Gold medal – first place2012 London63 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de Janeiro58 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 Chalkida63 kg
Gold medal – first place2003 New York63 kg
Gold medal – first place2005 Budapest63 kg
Gold medal – first place2006 Guangzhou63 kg
Gold medal – first place2007 Baku63 kg
Gold medal – first place2010 Moscow63 kg
Gold medal – first place2011 Istanbul63 kg
Gold medal – first place2013 Budapest63 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Tashkent58 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Las Vegas58 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2006 Doha63 kg
Silver medal – second place2002 Busan63 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Silver medal – second place2016 Krasnoyarsk58 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2004 Tokyo63 kg
Gold medal – first place2005 Wuhan63 kg
Gold medal – first place2007 Bishkek63 kg
Gold medal – first place2008 Jeju63 kg
Gold medal – first place2011 Tashkent63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Xi'an57 kg

Kaori Icho (Japanese: 伊調 馨, Hepburn: Ichō Kaori; born 13 June 1984) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.[1] Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. On 29 January 2016 at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Icho lost to Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia. This was her first loss after a long domination.[2]

She is the first female in any sport to win individual-event gold at four consecutive Olympics.[3] On October 20, 2016, she was awarded the People's Honour Award by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for her achievements, the second wrestler to receive the highest award, after Saori Yoshida in 2012. She is the younger sister of Chiharu Icho.

Controversy

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Kaori During match

On January 18, 2018, a formal complaint was filed with the Japanese Cabinet Office, accusing Japan Wrestling Federation development director Kazuhito Sakae (栄和人) of power abuse against Kaori after she left his coaching in 2009 and moved to Tokyo.[4][5]

Specific alleged acts included ordering Icho’s new coach, Chikara Tanabe (田南部力) to stop coaching her; banning her from the Keishicho (Metropolitan Police) wrestling club where she trained; and prohibiting her from joining men’s training camps. Additionally, Sakae directed others to harass Tanabe when he refused to refused to stop coaching Icho, and excluded Icho from the 2010 Asian Games team despite her qualifications.[6][7][8][9] It was reported that the Shigakkan University clique supported Sakae's ongoing harassment of Icho.[10]

Championships and accomplishments

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Kaori Icho". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Icho, Hamada Roll While Tsargush, 'Gazi' Rocked at Yarygin Grand Prix". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Wrestler Kaori Icho makes history with fourth straight gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Alleged harassment of Olympic medalist Icho shakes Japanese wrestling world". The Mainichi. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  5. ↑ Kurubas, Saim (2018). "Japanese Olympic wrestling champion accuses official of harassment". TRT World. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
  6. ↑ Tomizawa, Roy (2018-07-02). "Power Harassing Kaori Icho, One of the Strongest Woman in Japan: #MeToo Japan Style". The Olympians. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  7. ↑ "伊調へのパワハラ認定 栄和人氏が現場復帰するための条件". 日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL (in Japanese). 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  8. ↑ 竹井, 善昭 (2018-03-06). "「伊調選手パワハラ問題」が組織人にとって他人事でない理由". Diamond Online (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  9. ↑ "JOC理事の女三四郎も首ひねる…伊調馨パワハラ騒動の深淵". 日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL (in Japanese). 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  10. ↑ "伊調馨を追い込んだ栄和人コーチ「権力の源泉」は至学館閥". Smart FLASH (in Japanese). 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  11. ↑ "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞：選考経過（2000～2009）". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞（2010～）". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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