Kenichi Emura

Kenichi Emura is a Japanese international lawn bowler, born in 1955, who works as a computer consultant. He won the Japanese national singles title in 2013 and went on to represent Japan at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. There he took a bronze medal in the triples, partnering Hisaharu Satoh and Kenta Hasebe, which was the first bowls medal ever won by Japan at that level. He also won a triples silver medal at the 2015 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, again held in Christchurch. In 2023 he was selected for the Japanese team at the World Outdoor Bowls Championship, where he played in the men's triples and fours events; his triples team reached the quarter final before losing to England.