Akari Ogata (緒方 亜香里, Ogata Akari, born 24 September 1990) is a Japanese judoka.

Ogata started taking part in karate at the age of 7 and she became national junior karate champion when she was 10, but at age 13, she quit karate and started to practice judo.[1]

Ogata won a bronze medal in the half-heavyweight (78 kg) division at the 2010 World Judo Championships, and silver a year later.[2] She has also won silver at the 2010 Asian Games. Ogata had previously won the 2009 World Juniors Championships in that weight division.[2]

Ogata's favorite techniques are uchimata, ōuchi gari and sankaku-jime.

She started her MMA career in 2022 with a fight in the Japanese MMA league Shooto, during which time she fought once and won by referee stoppage. After that she competed in a Shooto Colors grappling event and won by Kimura armlock. As of early 2024 she has been competing in ONE Championship.[3] Her standing in ONE Championship is 1 win by via TKO.

Ogata works as a Judo therapist.[4]

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
1 match 1 win 0 losses
By knockout 1 0
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 1–0 Khozhiniso Komoldinova TKO (punches) ONE Friday Fights 57 March 29, 2024 3 1:16 Bangkok, Thailand Catchweight (163 lb) bout.

References

  1. ^ "スポ－ツの顔　７８キロ級の新女王　緒方亜香里（体育1年）". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Akari Ogata, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Tapology Akari Ogata". Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  4. ^ Akari, Ogata. "Akari Ogata's Instagram". Retrieved 9 May 2024.

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