Ryo Kiyuna

Ryo Kiyuna, born on 12 July 1990, is an Okinawan karateka who specialises in kata, the form discipline of karate. He won the gold medal in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, becoming the first Japanese gold medalist from Okinawa, and he was Japan's flag bearer at the closing ceremony. He is a four-time gold medalist in the individual kata event at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist in the team kata event, and he has taken many individual and team kata titles at the Asian Karate Championships. Other major wins include gold at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw and at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. He studied at Okinawa International University.