Tomoko Fukumi Explained

Birth Place:Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan
Alma Mater:Tsukuba University
Country:Japan
Weight Class:48 kg
Dan:4
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:2009
Regionals Type:AS
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2005
Olympics Rank:5
Olympics Year:2012
Olympics Weight:Women's 48 kg
Updated:17 July 2023

is a Japanese judoka from Tsukuba University. She competed for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Fukumi is a 4th dan in judo. She is the only judoka to have beaten Ryoko Tani twice. Later she won the gold medal in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) division at the 2009 World Judo Championships. She is known for her seoinage, kouchigari, and newaza. In 2014, Fukumi took a year off to study abroad at Loughborough University.