Kazuyasu Minobe

Kazuyasu Minobe
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Kazu (カズ)
Born	(1987-07-15) 15 July 1987 (age 34) Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	épée
Hand	left-handed
National coach	Oleksandr Horbachuk
Club	Nexus
Head coach	Hiroshi Hashimoto
FIE ranking	current ranking
show Medal record Men's fencing Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team épée Asian Championships 2016 Wuxi Team 2012 Wakayama Team 2014 Suwon Team 2015 Singapore Individual 2015 Singapore Team 2016 Wuxi Individual 2017 Hong Kong Team 2019 Chiba Team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang team 2014 Incheon Team 2010 Guangzhou Team

Kazuyasu Minobe (見延 和靖, Minobe Kazuyasu, born 15 July 1987) is a Japanese left-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic champion.^[1]

Career[]

Minobe's first sport was volleyball. He took up fencing in high school, on his father's advice. He made his international debut in 2008 and joined the Japanese national team, with whom he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou and a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.

Minobe competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and finished 6th place in the individual men's épée event.

Minobe has won two FIE Men's Épée Grand Prix titles in addition to one silver medal.

Minobe has won three FIE Men's Épée World Cup titles.

Minobe won the gold medal in Men's team épée in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics.^[2]

Medal Record[]

Olympic Games[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Épée	1st[3]

Asian Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Suwon City, South Korea	Team Men's Épée	3rd[4]
2015	Singapore	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[5]
2015	Singapore	Team Men's Épée	3rd[6]
2016	Wuxi, China	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[7]
2016	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	1st[8]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Team Men's Épée	3rd[9]
2019	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Épée	3rd[10]

Grand Prix[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
03/24/2017	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[11]
03/08/2019	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	1st[12]
05/03/2019	Bogotá, Colombia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[13]

World Cup[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
11/13/2015	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[14]
01/25/2018	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	1st[15]
11/23/2018	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[16]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• (in Japanese) Profile at Nexus Group