Kenichi Yumoto ( ja, 湯元健一; born 4 December 1984 in

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, Japan) is a Japanese

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. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, he won the bronze medal in his category (60 kilograms).Kenichi Yumoto at Sports Reference
/ref> His twin brother

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is also an Olympic-medal winning wrestler.

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