is a female Japanese

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

practitioner, born in Daito. She won the silver medal in the women's flyweight (-49 kg) class at the

2010 Asian Taekwondo Championships The 2010 Asian Taekwondo Championships were the 19th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Astana, Kazakhstan from May 21 to May 23, 2010. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Team ranking Men Women Referen ...

held in

Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals, where she lost to eventual gold medallist Wu Jingyu.

Personal life

Kasahara was originally a

karateka (; ; Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian ...

but converted her specialty to taekwondo in 2007. She currently attends at

Daito Bunka University is a medium-size four-year university with two campuses: one at Itabashi in Tokyo and the other at Higashi Matsuyama in Saitama, Japan. The sports program is strong in rugby and distance running, with the Ekiden (駅伝えきでん relay road ...

, majoring in English Literature.

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* * 1990 births Living people Japanese female taekwondo practitioners Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Japan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games People from Daitō, Osaka Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century Japanese women Daito Bunka University alumni Martial artists from Osaka Prefecture {{Japan-taekwondo-bio-stub