Risako Kinjo

{{short description|Japanese freestyle wrestler}}

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

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Risako Kinjo
金城 梨沙子

| image = Risako Kawai2.jpg

| caption =

| nationality = Japanese

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|21 November 1994}}

| birth_place = Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture

| height = 160 cm (2016)

| weight = 61 kg (2016)

| country = Japan

| sport = Wrestling

| event = Freestyle

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's freestyle wrestling }}

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

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{{MedalGold | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 63 kg }}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|57 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2017 Paris | 60 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Budapest | 59 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 2019 Nur-Sultan | 57 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 2024 Tirana|59 kg}}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 Las Vegas | 63 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Astana|63 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Bangkok|63 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2017 New Delhi|60 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2020 New Delhi|57 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Bishkek|59 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 Jakarta | 62 kg}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Risako Kinjo (née Kawai)|金城 梨沙子 |Kinjo Risako|born 21 November 1994}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/risako-kawai |title=Risako Kawai |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=18 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826111504/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/risako-kawai |archive-date=2016-08-26}} is a Japanese wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Olympic Games, a three-time gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.

She finished second at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas{{Cite web|title=2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530151426/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2020|access-date=30 May 2020}} and represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal by defeating Maria Mamashuk of Belarus 3-0.

She celebrated her Olympic gold medal victory by delivering two fireman's carry takedowns to her coach (Kazuhito Sakae).{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/19/japanese-wrestler-risako-kawai-takes-down-her-coach-in-celebrati/|title = Japanese wrestler Risako Kawai takes down her coach in celebration|newspaper = The Telegraph|date = 19 August 2016|last1 = Video|first1 = Telegraph}}

Kawai's Olympic gold medal was one of four won by Japan's women's wrestling team at the 2016 Rio games.{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/women-japans-wrestling-team-remain-235724694.html|title = The Women of Japan's Wrestling Team Remain the Most Dominant Force on the Planet}}

In 2021, Kawai won the gold medal in the 57 kg wrestling division at the Tokyo Olympics. Her younger sister Yukako had won gold in the 62 kg division the previous day.{{citation |last=Landers |first=Serena |title=Wrestling: Risako Kawai Follows Sister Yukako in Winning Gold | newspaper=Japan Forward |date=August 5, 2021 |url=https://japan-forward.com/wrestling-risako-kawai-follows-sister-yukako-in-winning-gold/}}