Country: | Japan |
Weight Class: | –61 kg |
Worlds Rank: | R64 |
Worlds Year: | 1995 |
Regionals Type: | AS |
Regionals Rank: | 2 |
Regionals Year: | 1994 |
Olympics Rank: | 1 |
Olympics Year: | 1996 |
Olympics Weight: | Women's 61 kg |
Updated: | 4 June 2023 |
is a Japanese judoka and Olympic champion. She won the gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1]
Emoto received a silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games.
Emoto is married to South Korean judoka Kim Hyuk.[2]
In 2016, Emoto provided input to a manga series written by Makoto Kobayashi titled .[3]