Kento Masaki Explained

Kento Masaki
Birth Date:9 August 1987

is a Japanese Paralympic judoka in Super-Heavyweight.

In 2012 he became Paralympic champion in the +100 kg by beating Song Wang (China) in the final.

The 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio was Masaki's second appearance at the Games. Competing in the +100 kg category, he secured his second Paralympic medal with a bronze However, he faced a setback in the semi-final when he had his first-ever defeat in a Paralympic match to Adiljan Tuledibaev of Uzbekistan. Tuledibaev went on to win the gold medal, while Masaki ultimately won the bronze-medal match.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MASAKI Kento . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922202103/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/kento-masaki . 2016-09-22 .