Native Name: | 湯元健一 |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1984 |
Birth Place: | Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan |
Height: | 166 cm |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Weight Class: | 60 kg |
Event: | Freestyle |
Club: | Alsok Sports Club, Tokyo |
Coach: | Masanori Ohashi |
Worlds: | (2011) |
Olympics: | (2008)5th (2012) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Kenichi Yumoto (Japanese: 湯元健一; born 4 December 1984 in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he won the bronze medal in his category (60 kilograms).[1] His twin brother Shinichi is also an Olympic-medal winning wrestler.