| Yayoi Urano 浦野 弥生 | |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Height: | 169 cm[2] |
| Country: | Japan |
| Sport: | Wrestling |
| Event: | Freestyle |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
is a retired Japanese Wrestler and Judoka.[1] She won six gold medals and one silver medal in three weight classes (65, 70, and 75 kg) at the World Wrestling Championships from 1990 to 1996.[1] [2] [3]
Urano was involved in track and field at, as her father was a shot putter.[1] [2] After entering Nippon Sport Science University, she started Judo.[1] [3] She became captain of the Judo club and won the 61 kg weight class at the Tokyo University Championships.[1] Furthermore, she also started Wrestling at the suggestion of Miyuu Yamamoto's father, Ikuei Yamamoto, who was a coach of the university wrestling team.[2] [3] In 1990, two years after starting wrestling, she won her first World Championships in the 75kg weight class.[2] [3] In 1991, she won the 70 kg weight class at the World Championships in Tokyo.[1] [2] She was second at the 1992 World Wrestling Championships, but won for the third time at the 1993 World Wrestling Championships.[1] [2] She then moved down to the 65kg weight class and won the World Championships for three consecutive years starting in 1994.[1] [2] She was with the sushi company, but when the company went bankrupt, she went to Canada to study at the University of Alberta.[3] There she married Japanese-Canadian wrestler Odagaki.[3] [4] [5] Then she retired, partly due to a knee injury.[1] [3] In 2007, she became the second woman to be inducted into the UWW (then FILA) Hall of Fame.[3] [5] in 2013, Urano became a member of the UWW (then FILA) Women and Sport Commission.[6]