| Nami Nabekura | |
| Birth Date: | 11 April 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Himeji, Hyogo, Japan |
| Country: | Japan |
| Weight Class: | 63 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | R32 |
| Worlds Year: | 2021 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's 63 kg |
| Regionals Type: | AS |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2017 |
| Regionals Year2: | 2018 |
| Regionals Weight2: | Women's 63 kg |
| Updated: | 3 March 2024 |
is a Japanese judoka. Nabekura's favorite technique is Uchimata.[1] [2]
Nabekura started practicing judo at the age of 5, following her two brothers.[1] [2] She often beat Hifumi Abe when they were in elementary school. Abe says that experience "made him what he is".[2] [3] In April 2010, Nabekura began studying at Taisei Junior High School.[1] [2] In August 2012, she won the National Junior High School Championships.[1] [2] In April 2013, she graduated from middle school and went on to Taisei High School.[1] [2] In March 2014, she won the National High School Championships.[1] [2] In August 2015, she won the Inter-High School Championships.[1] [2] In October 2015, Nabekura won the World Judo Championships Juniors both individual(–63 kg weight class) and team event.[4] [5] In 2016, Nabekura became a member of the Judo club at the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group.In May 2017, she won the Asian Judo Championships.[1] In December 2017, she finished second at the Grand Slam Tokyo and the World Masters.[1] In August 2018, she won the Asian Games.[6]
In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[7] [8]
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France.[9]