Masaru Yamada (山田優, ''Yamada Masaru'', born 14 June 1994) is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

right-handed

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, 2019 individual Asian champion, and 2021 team

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champion. Along with

Koki Kano Koki Kano (加納虹輝, ''Kanō Kōki'', born 19 December 1997) is a Japanese right-handed épée fencer, 2022 individual Asian champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion. Along with Masaru Yamada, Kazuyasu Minobe, and Satoru Uyama, Kano was a ...

Kazuyasu Minobe is a Japanese left-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic champion. Along with Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, and Satoru Uyama, Minobe was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team m ...

, and

Satoru Uyama Satoru Uyama (宇山賢, ''Uyama Satoru'', born 10 December 1991) is a Japanese right-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion. Along with Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, and Kazuyasu Minobe, Uyama was a member ...

, Yamada was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team men's épée event at the

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in fencing.

Medal Record

Olympic Games

World Championship

Asian Championship

Grand Prix

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* Living people 1994 births People from Mie Prefecture Sportspeople from Mie Prefecture Japanese male épée fencers Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games Fencers at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in fencing Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in fencing 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people World Fencing Championships medalists {{Japan-fencing-bio-stub