Hikaru Ono (大野 ひかる, Ōno Hikaru) (born 30 August 1992) is a Japanese karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She is also a two-time gold medalist in this event at the Asian Karate Championships.
Career
She won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Federation's 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A month later, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States, losing out to Sandra Sánchez.
After winning gold in the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Dublin, she was awarded the league's title of "Grand Winner" in women's kata for 2023. In October 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Rank Event 2011 Asian Championships Quanzhou, China 2ndKumite 50kg 2ndTeam kumite2012Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan 2ndKumite 50kg2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria 1stTeam kata 2021World ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates 2ndIndividual kataAsian ChampionshipsAlmaty, Kazakhstan 1stIndividual kata 2022World GamesBirmingham, United States 2ndIndividual kataAsian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan 1stIndividual kata2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 1stIndividual kata
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