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Abe siblings get 'Best Smiles' award

Japan two-time Olympic judo champion Hifumi Abe (L) and his sister, world champion Uta, pose for a photo after winning the "Best Smiles of the Year" award, sponsored by the Japan Dental Association, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Paris Olympics: Judo

ROISSY-EN-FRANCE, France, July 24 Kyodo - Japanese Tokyo Olympic champion siblings Hifumi Abe and his younger sister Uta meet the press with Soichi Hashimoto as they arrive at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on July 23, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Judo: Abe siblings

Japanese Tokyo Olympic and two-time reigning world champion siblings Hifumi Abe and his younger sister Uta pose for photos as they meet the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport before they depart for Paris for the Olympic Games on July 23, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Judo

Japanese Tokyo Olympic champion siblings Hifumi Abe (C) and his younger sister Uta meet the press with Soichi Hashimoto (L) as they arrive at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on July 23, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

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Paris Olympics: Judo

Japanese Tokyo Olympic champion siblings Hifumi Abe (C) and his younger sister Uta meet the press with Soichi Hashimoto (L) as they arrive at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on July 23, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

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Paris Olympics: Judo

Japanese Tokyo Olympic champion siblings Hifumi Abe (C) and his younger sister Uta meet the press with Soichi Hashimoto (L) as they arrive at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on July 23, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

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Judo: Abe siblings

Japanese Tokyo Olympic and two-time reigning world champion siblings Hifumi Abe (L) and his younger sister Uta pose for photos as they meet the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport before they depart for Paris for the Olympic Games on July 23, 2024.

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Judo: Abe siblings

Tokyo Olympic champion siblings Hifumi (R) and Uta Abe pose after winning gold in the men's 66 kilogram category and the women's 52 kilogram category at judo's Antalya Grand Slam in Antalya, Turkey, on March 29, 2024.

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Judo: Japan's Abe siblings

Japan's judoka siblings, Hifumi Abe (L) and his younger sister Uta, pose for photos in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2023.

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Judo: Japan's Abe siblings

Japan's judoka siblings, Hifumi Abe (L) and his younger sister Uta, pose for photos in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2023.

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Judo: Abe siblings

Japan's judoka siblings, Uta Abe (L) and her older brother Hifumi, pose for a photo with commemorative coins for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the French Embassy in Tokyo on June 14, 2023.

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Judo: Abe siblings

Japan's judoka siblings, Uta Abe (L) and her older brother Hifumi, pose for a photo with commemorative coins for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the French Embassy in Tokyo on June 14, 2023.

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) chats with Japanese judo gold-winning siblings Hifumi Abe (L) and Uta Abe (2nd from L) during his visit to Nippon Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics on July 26, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) sits alongside Japanese judo gold-winning siblings Hifumi Abe (L) and Uta Abe during his visit to Nippon Budokan during the Tokyo Olympics on July 26, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Supporters of Japanese judoka Hifumi Abe and his sister Uta watch TV at a "okonomi-yaki" restaurant in Kobe, western Japan, as the siblings compete at the Tokyo Olympics on July 25, 2021. Both of them won gold the same day.

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Judo: Abe siblings win world championship gold

Japan's Hifumi Abe (R) and his sister Uta pose with their gold medals for the men's 66-kilogram class and the women's 52-kilogram class, respectively, at the judo World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sept. 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo: Abe siblings win world championship gold

Japan's Hifumi Abe (L) and his sister Uta pose with their gold medals for the men's 66-kilogram class and the women's 48-kilogram class, respectively, at the judo World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sept. 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo