Chizuru Arai

{{Short description|Japanese judoka (born 1993)}}

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

{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|新井千鶴|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox judoka

| name = Chizuru Arai

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| headercolor = 2020 Olympic Champion

| nationality = Japanese

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yorii, Japan

| height = 1.72 m

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| country = {{JPN}}

| weight_class = –70 kg

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| retired = {{Start date|2021|9|10|df=y}}{{cite news |title=Olympic Champion Chizuru Arai thanks judo but retires |url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/4752 |access-date=12 September 2021 |work=JudoInside.com |date=10 September 2021}}

| worlds_rank = 1

| worlds_year = 2017

| worlds_weight = Women's 70 kg

| worlds_year2 = 2018

| worlds_weight2 = Women's 70 kg

| regionals_type = AS

| regionals_rank = 2

| regionals_year = 2014

| regionals_weight = Women's 70 kg

| nationals =

| olympics_rank = 1

| olympics_year = 2020

| olympics_weight = Women's 70 kg

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| medaltemplates =

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

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

{{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }}

{{Medal|G| 2020 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2020 Tokyo | Mixed team }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 2017 Budapest | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Baku | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Games }}

{{Medal|G| 2014 Incheon | Women's team }}

{{Medal|S| 2014 Incheon | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Masters }}

{{Medal|B| 2015 Rabat | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Qingdao | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }}

{{Medal|G| 2013 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2015 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2016 Tyumen | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2017 Paris | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Osaka | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Baku | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2020 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2021 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2013 Moscow | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2016 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2017 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2018 Paris | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2014 Tyumen | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2015 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Osaka | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2021 Kazan | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}

{{Medal|G| 2015 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2017 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2016 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2014 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Hohhot | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Juniors Championships }}

{{Medal|S| 2013 Ljubljana | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Junior Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 2012 Taipei | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

| updated = 23 May 2023

}}

{{Nihongo|Chizuru Arai|新井 千鶴|Arai Chizuru|born 1 November 1993}} is a Japanese retired judoka.{{cite web|url=http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/84239/Chizuru_Arai |title=Chizuru Arai |website=judoinside.com |accessdate=1 September 2017}}[https://www.ijf.org/judoka/11690 IJF profile] Arai won the gold medal in judo's 70 kg division, and silver in the mixed team event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Women 70 kg Schedule|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/event-schedule-women-70-kg.htm|access-date=28 July 2021|website=2020 Summer Olympics|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006082747/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/event-schedule-women-70-kg.htm|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Judo ARAI Chizuru|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1315327-arai-chizuru.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-07-29|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726054929/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1315327-arai-chizuru.htm |archive-date=26 July 2021 }}