Sera Azuma

{{Short description|Japanese fencer (born 1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox fencer

| name = Sera Azuma

| image =

| nationality = Japanese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|8|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wakayama, Japan

| weapon = Foil

| hand = Right-handed

| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/40025 current ranking]

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's foil}}

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

{{MedalOlympic}}

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{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Milan|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta| Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Jakarta| Individual}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Hangzhou | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Fencing Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2019 Chiba | Team}}

{{Medal|Gold| 2024 Kuwait City | Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Hong Kong | Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Bangkok | Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Chiba| Individual}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Seoul | Individual}}

}}

Sera Azuma (東晟良, born 20 August 1999) is a Japanese fencer.{{cite web |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/AZUMA-Sera-3007012/ |title=Sera Azuma |accessdate=20 August 2018 |work=Asian Games 2018}} She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 2018 Asian Games, winning the bronze medal.{{cite web |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/fencing/event/fencing-women-foil-individual/phase/few001200/ |title=Fencing: Women's Foil Individual |accessdate=20 August 2018 |work=Asian Games 2018}} She won one of the bronze medals in the women's foil event at the 2019 Asian Fencing Championships held in Chiba, Japan.{{Cite web|title=2019 Asian Fencing Championships – Women's foil|url=http://www.asianfencing.com/fca2013/pdf/2019-afc-wf.pdf|website=Asian Fencing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528140852/http://www.asianfencing.com/fca2013/pdf/2019-afc-wf.pdf|archive-date=28 May 2020|access-date=28 May 2020}} At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she earned the bronze medal in the women's team foil event, which was Japan's first-ever Olympic medal in the event.{{cite web|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/08/dbe2e2bdc2d3-olympics-japan-wins-1st-ever-womens-team-foil-medal-in-paris.html|title=Olympics: Japan wins 1st ever women's team foil medal in Paris|publisher=Kyodo News|date=2 August 2024|accessdate=4 August 2024}}

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