is a Japanese judoka from

Tsukuba University is a public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Project. The university has 28 college cl ...

. Fukumi is a 4th

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in judo. She is the only judoka to have beaten

Ryoko Tani is a retired Japanese female judoka and a politician. Competing in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) class, she won a record seven world titles and five Olympic medals including two golds at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. After her retirement ...

twice. Later she won the gold medal in the extra-lightweight (-48 kg) division at the

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. She is known for her

seoinage is a shoulder throw, one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Thro ...

, kouchigari, and

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. In 2014, Fukumi took a year off to study abroad at Loughborough University.

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* * * Japanese female judoka 1985 births Living people Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Japan Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Universiade medalists in judo Universiade gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 21st-century Japanese women {{japan-judo-bio-stub