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Fencing: World championships

Fencing: World championships

Japan's Akira Komata (R) competes against a Hungarian opponent en route to winning the men's epee team final at the fencing world championships on July 30, 2025, in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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Fencing: World championships

Fencing: World championships

(from L) Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, Seiya Asami and Akira Komata of Japan celebrate after claiming their first men's epee team title at the fencing world championships on July 30, 2025, in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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Paris Olympics: Fencing

Paris Olympics: Fencing

Japanese men's fencing team epee silver medalists (from L) Akira Komata, Kazuyasu Minobe and Koki Kano pose for a photo with their medals at the Paris Olympics Champions Park at the Trocadero in the French capital on Aug. 5, 2024.

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Paris 2024 - Fencing - Illustrations

Paris 2024 - Fencing - Illustrations

Komata Akira (R) of Japan competes against Mate Tamas Koch of Hungary during the men's epee team gold medal match of fencing between Japan and Hungary at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. Photo by Fei Maohua/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Fencing - Illustrations

Paris 2024 - Fencing - Illustrations

Komata Akira (L) of Japan competes against Gergely Siklosi of Hungary during the men's epee team gold medal match of fencing between Japan and Hungary at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. Photo by Fei Maohua/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Olympics: Fencing

Paris Olympics: Fencing

Japanese fencers (from L) Akira Komata, Kazuyasu Minobe, Koki Kano and Masaru Yamada pose during a press conference on Aug. 3, 2024, a day after winning silver in the men's team epee event at the Paris Olympics in Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Fencing

Paris Olympics: Fencing

Japanese fencers (from L) Kazuyasu Minobe, Masaru Yamada, Akira Komata and Koki Kano celebrate on the podium during the medal awarding ceremony for the men's team epee at the Paris Olympics at the Grand Palais in Paris on Aug. 2, 2024. Japan won silver.

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Paris Olympics: Fencing

Paris Olympics: Fencing

Japanese fencers (from L) Kazuyasu Minobe, Masaru Yamada, Akira Komata and Koki Kano pose with their men's team epee silver medals at the Paris Olympics at the Grand Palais in Paris on Aug. 2, 2024.

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CORRECTED: Paris Olympics: Fencing

CORRECTED: Paris Olympics: Fencing

Japanese fencers (from L) Kazuyasu Minobe, Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada and Akira Komata pose with their men's team epee silver medals at the Paris Olympics at the Grand Palais in Paris on Aug. 2, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Fencing

Paris Olympics: Fencing

Japanese fencers (from L) Kazuyasu Minobe, Masaru Yamada, Akira Komata and Koki Kano pose with their men's team epee silver medals at the Paris Olympics at the Grand Palais in Paris on Aug. 2, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Fencing

Paris Olympics: Fencing

Japanese fencers (from L) Masaru Yamada, Akira Komata, Koki Kano and Kazuyasu Minobe are pictured after losing to Hungary in the men's team epee final at the Paris Olympics at the Grand Palais in Paris on Aug. 2, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Fencing

Paris Olympics: Fencing

Japanese fencers (from L) Kazuyasu Minobe, Masaru Yamada, Koki Kano and Akira Komata are pictured ahead of their gold medal match against Hungary in the men's team epee at the Paris Olympics at the Grand Palais in Paris on Aug. 2, 2024.

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-FENCING

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-FENCING

(240802) -- PARIS, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Jiri Beran of the Czech Republic celebrates while competing against Komata Akira of Japan during the men's epee team semifinal 2 of fencing between the Czech Republic and Japan at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Hongxiang)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-FENCING

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-FENCING

(240802) -- PARIS, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Komata Akira (R) of Japan competes against Mate Tamas Koch of Hungary during the men's epee team gold medal match of fencing between Japan and Hungary at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Fei Maohua)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-FENCING

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-FENCING

(240802) -- PARIS, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Komata Akira (L) of Japan competes against Gergely Siklosi of Hungary during the men's epee team gold medal match of fencing between Japan and Hungary at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Fei Maohua)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-FENCING

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-FENCING

(240802) -- PARIS, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Komata Akira (L) of Japan competes against Mate Tamas Koch of Hungary during the men's epee team gold medal match of fencing betweenJapan and Hungary at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Hongxiang)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230927) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Kano Koki (2nd L) of Japan, silver medalist Komata Akira (1st L) of Japan, bronze medalist Ho Wai Hang of China's Hong Kong and Elmir Alimzhanov of Kazakhstan react during the victory ceremony for the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kano Koki (R) of Japan competes with Komata Akira of Japan during the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kano Koki (R) of Japan competes with Komata Akira of Japan during the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kano Koki (R) of Japan shakes hand with Komata Akira of Japan after the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kano Koki (R) of Japan competes with Komata Akira of Japan during the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kano Koki (R) of Japan competes with Komata Akira of Japan during the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kano Koki (R) of Japan competes with Komata Akira of Japan during the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kano Koki (R) of Japan competes with Komata Akira of Japan during the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kano Koki (R) of Japan competes with Komata Akira of Japan during the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kano Koki (R) of Japan competes with Komata Akira of Japan during the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kano Koki (R) of Japan competes with Komata Akira of Japan during the Men's Epee Individual final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Komata Akira (L) of Japan shakes hands with Ho Wai Hang of China's Hong Kong during the Men's Epee Individual Semifinal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei) (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Komata Akira (L) of Japan competes with Ho Wai Hang of China's Hong Kong during the Men's Epee Individual Semifinal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei) (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Komata Akira (L) of Japan competes with Ho Wai Hang of China's Hong Kong during the Men's Epee Individual Semifinal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei) (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FENCING(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Komata Akira (L) of Japan competes with Ho Wai Hang of China's Hong Kong during the Men's Epee Individual Semifinal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei) (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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