Akari Fujinami

{{short description|Japanese freestyle wrestler}}

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{{Medal|Gold| 2023 Belgrade | 53 kg }}

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Akari Fujinami ({{langx|ja|藤波朱理}}; born 11 November 2003) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler.{{Cite web |url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=548F50F352864698BA6FDC497782F606 |title=Internet Wrestling Database profile |website=iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/ |access-date=2021-10-06 |archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006020239/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=548F50F352864698BA6FDC497782F606 |url-status=live }} Her older brother is 2017 World Wrestling Championships bronze medalist Yuhi Fujinami.{{cite news |date=2020-12-20 |title=17歳藤波朱理が初出場V 兄は17年世界選手権銅 |trans-title=17-year-old Akari Fujinami won the World Championships in her first appearance. Her brother won bronze at the 2017 World Championships |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202012200000498.html |language=ja |newspaper=Nikkan Sports |location=Tokyo, Japan |access-date=2022-03-19 |archive-date=2022-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319052312/https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202012200000498.html |url-status=live }} She won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

She has won 130 straight national and international bouts since her loss at the {{ill|National Junior High School Wrestling Championships|ja|全国中学生レスリング選手権大会}} in 2017.{{cite web |url=https://uww.org/athletes/susaki-yui |title=国内外86連勝の超逸材など日本女子レスリングは早くも世代交代？ 続々と現れる金メダル級のニューヒロインたち |trans-title=Starting with a super-talented wrestler who has won 86 consecutive victories at home and abroad, is Japan's women's wrestling already undergoing a generational change? New heroines of the gold medal caliber emerging one after another |language=ja |publisher=Shueisha |access-date=2022-03-19 |archive-date=2021-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010105507/https://uww.org/athletes/susaki-yui |url-status=live }}

Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.{{Cite news|last=Burke|first=Patrick|date=6 October 2021|title=Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113900/uww-world-championships-day-five|url-status=live|access-date=6 October 2021|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007102926/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113900/uww-world-championships-day-five}}{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|archive-date=16 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.{{Cite news |date=22 April 2022 |title=Japan dominate second day of women's bouts at Asian Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122196/asian-wrestling-championships-day-4 |access-date=22 April 2022 |archive-date=22 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422154123/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122196/asian-wrestling-championships-day-4 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/final-book-senior_asian_championships.pdf?VersionId=YJDMAXt2PzJwnVKPBf.3kNiMafH6p8ll |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424143847/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/final-book-senior_asian_championships.pdf?VersionId=YJDMAXt2PzJwnVKPBf.3kNiMafH6p8ll |archive-date=24 April 2022 |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.{{Cite web |title=2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/results_03_sofia.pdf?VersionId=g1eemM9v2lRqcW08Qi8J8daZveFnBhke |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307130300/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/results_03_sofia.pdf?VersionId=g1eemM9v2lRqcW08Qi8J8daZveFnBhke |archive-date=7 March 2023 |access-date=7 May 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}} She also won the gold medal in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.{{Cite web |title=2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-10/final-book-19th_asian_games.pdf?VersionId=9H_h8q43B_vk2i2naUW65gaX0JclYtZX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126104236/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-10/final-book-19th_asian_games.pdf?VersionId=9H_h8q43B_vk2i2naUW65gaX0JclYtZX |archive-date=26 November 2023 |access-date=10 March 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} She defeated Pang Qianyu of China in her gold medal match.

In 2024, Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}} She defeated Lucía Yépez of Ecuador in her gold medal match.