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| Native name | 尾野 真歩 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 9, 1999 Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Individual kata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Keio University Karate Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maho Ono (Japanese: 尾野 真歩; born 9 February 1999) is a Japanese karateka who competes in women's individual kata.[1] She won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan.[2] She also won the gold medal at the 2026 Asian Karate Championships in Bali, Indonesia, and the silver medal at the 2025 World Karate Championships in Cairo, Egypt.[1][3][4]
Career
[edit]Ono began practising karate at the age of five. She attended Nihon University Tsurugaoka High School before studying at Keio University, where she was a member of the university karate club. She later joined Kikkoman and continued competing internationally in women's individual kata.[1][5]
In 2022, Ono finished third at the All Japan Karate Championships. The following year, she won bronze medals at the Karate1 Premier League events in Dublin and Cairo and finished fifth in Rabat.[6]
Ono had a breakthrough season in 2024. She won the women's individual kata events at the 2024 Karate1 Premier League tournaments in Paris and Casablanca. Her results across the season also earned her the Premier League Grand Winner title in women's kata.[1][6]
In May 2025, Ono won the silver medal in women's individual kata at the 2025 Asian Karate Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[7] Later that year, she won the silver medal at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China, finishing behind Hong Kong's Grace Lau. At the 2025 World Karate Championships in Cairo, she again won silver in individual kata, finishing second behind Grace Lau.[3][8]
In June 2026, Ono won the women's individual kata title at the 2026 Asian Karate Championships in Bali, Indonesia. Her victory made her the first Asian champion in women's individual kata from Keio University's karate club.[9]
At the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya, Ono won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event. She defeated Hong Kong's Grace Lau in the final, becoming the ninth consecutive Japanese winner of the women's individual kata title at the Asian Games.[2][10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "尾野 真歩". Japan Karate Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- 1 2 "尾野 真歩". Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- 1 2 "Karate World Championships - Individual World Championships - Cairo 2025" (PDF). Japan Karate Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- ↑ International, JKFan NEWS (20 September 2026). "【速報 アジア大会】尾野真歩が金メダル！グレースに５ー０完勝で優勝！ 愛知 アジア大会１日目". JKFan NEWS International (空手ワールド) (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- ↑ "National Sports and All-Athlete Sports Support Site". Sports Tokyo Information. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- 1 2 "Tokyo-raised athlete support project". Sports Tokyo Information. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- ↑ "WKF Ranking - Profile: Maho Ono". World Karate Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- ↑ JKFエディター (2 December 2025). "第27回世界選手権（個人戦）・第６回世界パラ選手権で、日本選手が５つのメダル獲得 | 公益財団法人 全日本空手道連盟" (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- ↑ "空手部 / アジアシニア空手道選手権大会・女子個人形で、尾野真歩君が優勝". Keio University Athletics Association. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- ↑ "Asian Games 2026 Karate Results". The Karate Dojo. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
External links
[edit]- Maho Ono at the World Karate Federation
- Maho Ono at the Japan Karate Federation
- Maho Ono at the Japanese Olympic Committee
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Japanese female karateka
- Japanese karateka
- Karateka at the 2026 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists in karate
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2026 Asian Games
- World Games medalists in karate
- Medalists at the 2025 World Games
- World Games silver medalists for Japan
- Keio University alumni
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen