Akira Sone

{{Short description|Japanese judoka (born 2000)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox judoka

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| headercolor = 2020 Olympic Champion

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|7|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

| height = 1.63 m

| country = Japan

| weight_class = +78 kg

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| olympics_rank = 1

| olympics_year = 2020

| olympics_weight = Women's +78 kg

| worlds_rank = 1

| worlds_year = 2019

| worlds_weight = Women's +78 kg

| worlds_year2 = 2023

| worlds_weight2 = Women's +78 kg

| regionals_type = AS

| regionals_rank = 1

| regionals_year = 2018

| regionals_weight = Women's +78 kg

| regionals_year2 = 2022

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{{Medal|Sport| Women's judo }}

{{Medal|Country| {{JPN}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }}

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{{Medal|G| 2020 Tokyo | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2020 Tokyo | Mixed team }}

{{Medal|S| 2024 Paris | Mixed team }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Tokyo | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2023 Doha | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2023 Doha | Mixed team }}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Games }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Jakarta | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 2022 Nur{{nbh}}Sultan | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Masters }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Guangzhou | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Jerusalem | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Osaka | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2021 Tashkent | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2022 Tokyo | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2016 Tokyo | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2017 Tokyo | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2018 Osaka | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Paris | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Paris | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2024 Astana | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Hohhot | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Zagreb | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2017 Düsseldorf | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Juniors Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 2017 Zagreb | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Cadets Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 2015 Sarajevo | +70 kg }}

| updated = 5 August 2024

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{{Nihongo|Akira Sone|素根 輝|Sone Akira|born 9 July 2000}} is a Japanese judoka.[https://www.ijf.org/judoka/23619 IJF profile] She won the gold medal in the Women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a silver medal with the Japanese team in the mixed team event at both the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|title=Judo SONE Akira|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/hi/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1315332-sone-akira.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-06|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731230751/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/hi/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1315332-sone-akira.htm |archive-date=31 July 2021 }} She is also a two-time world champion in her weight category. Sone's favorite techniques are Tai Otoshi and Ouchi Gari.{{cite news|publisher=Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd|title=近代柔道 2018年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑 2018 -|date=20 April 2018|pages=21}}{{cite news|publisher=Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd|title=近代柔道 2018年2月号 解体新書 素根輝-|date=20 February 2018|pages=26–29}}