Arata Kinjo

{{short description|Japanese karateka}}

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{{Medal|Sport| Men's karate }}

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

{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2016 Linz | Team kata }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2018 Madrid | Team kata }}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2015 Yokohama | Team kata }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2017 Astana | Team kata }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2018 Amman | Team kata }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2019 Tashkent | Team kata }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2021 Almaty | Team kata }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Tashkent | Team kata }}

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Arata Kinjo is a Japanese karateka. He is a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships in the men's team kata event, alongside Ryo Kiyuna and Takuya Uemura.{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=30 October 2016|title=Japan top medal table at 2016 Karate World Championships after claiming team kata double on final day|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1043166/japan-top-medal-table-at-2016-karate-world-championships-after-claiming-team-kata-double-on-final-day|access-date=10 May 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/popup_main.php?popup_action=results&vernr=188&active_menu=calendar|title=2018 World Karate Championships|website=SportData|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426163137/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/popup_main.php?popup_action=results&vernr=188&active_menu=calendar|archive-date=26 April 2020|access-date=26 April 2020}} He is also a six-time gold medalist in this event at the Asian Karate Championships.

Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2015

|Asian Championships

|Yokohama, Japan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Team kata

2016

|World Championships

|Linz, Austria

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Team kata

2017

|Asian Championships

|Astana, Kazakhstan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Team kata

rowspan=2 | 2018

|Asian Championships

|Amman, Jordan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Team kata

World Championships

|Madrid, Spain

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Team kata

2019

|Asian Championships

|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Team kata

2021

|Asian Championships

|Almaty, Kazakhstan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Team kata

2022

|Asian Championships

|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Team kata

References