Koki Kano (加納 虹輝, Kanō Kōki, born 19 December 1997) is a Japanese right-handed épée fencer.
Career Kano was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team épée event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in fencing.
Kano won the individual épée gold medal at the 2022 and 2023 Asian Fencing Championships.
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Kano won the individual épée gold medal, beating Yannick Borel of France. This was Japan's first individual gold medal in any fencing event. He then won the silver medal in team épée event.
At the 2025 World Fencing Championships, Kano won the individual épée gold medal, beating Gergely Siklósi of Hungary.
Medal record Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2021 Tokyo, JapanTeam Men's Épée1st2024 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Épée1st2024 Paris, FranceTeam Men's Épée2nd
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2022 Cairo, EgyptTeam Men's Épée3rd2025 Tiblisi, GeorgiaIndividual Men's Épée1st2025 Tiblisi, GeorgiaTeam Men's Épée1st
Grand Prix DateLocationEventPosition2024-05-03 Cali, ColombiaIndividual Men's Épée1st
World Cup DateLocationEventPosition2017-01-26 Heidenheim, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée3rd2017-05-12 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Épée3rd2019-01-10 Heidenheim, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée3rd2019-02-08 Vancouver, CanadaIndividual Men's Épée1st2022-11-11 Bern, SwitzerlandIndividual Men's Épée3rd2023-02-23 Heidenheim, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée1st2023-12-08 Heidenheim, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée3rd
Asian Championship YearLocationEventPosition2018 Bangkok, ThailandIndividual Men's Épée3rd2019 Tokyo, JapanTeam Men's Épée3rd2022 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Men's Épée1st2022 Seoul, South KoreaTeam Men's Épée3rd2023 Wuxi, ChinaIndividual Men's Épée1st2023 Wuxi, ChinaTeam Men's Épée1st
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