Rika Usami

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Rika Usami (宇佐美 里香, Usami Rika; born February 20, 1986) is a Japanese karateka. She won a Gold medal in individual kata at the 2012 World Karate Championships after previously winning Bronze at the 2010 Championships. She also won Gold in the same category at the 2010 Asian Games. As of March 2021, Usami is coaching the karate team at Kokushikan University.

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Rika Usami
(1986-02-20) February 20, 1986Tokyo, Japan
宇佐美里香
Japanese
Shitō-ryū
Yoshimi Inoue
Kokushikan University
Medal record
Paris 2012
Belgrade 2010
Guangzhou 2010

Rika Usami (宇佐美 里香, Usami Rika; born February 20, 1986) is a Japanese karateka. She won a Gold medal in individual kata at the 2012 World Karate Championships after previously winning Bronze at the 2010 Championships. She also won Gold in the same category at the 2010 Asian Games. As of March 2021, Usami is coaching the karate team at Kokushikan University.

Usami was born on February 20, 1986, in Tokyo, Japan. She had said in an interview that she started karate when she was 10 years old by joining a Goju-ryu-style dojo located near her family's house in Tokyo, after seeing a female fighter on television. Her older brother had been practicing karate and let Usami wear his karate gi on occasions, so that helped her a lot when she decided to eventually start practicing karate herself.

Usami's first karate tournament was when she was a green belt at 12 years old in elementary school. Usami did not participate in big tournaments until age 15 and won her first tournament at 17 years old at the All Japan High School Karatedo Championships.

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
200330th Japan National High School Karatedo ChampionshipsSasebo1st
20054th World Junior & Cadet Karatedo ChampionshipsCyprus1st
20068th Asian Junior & Cadet Karatedo ChampionshipsSingapore1st
200735th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships1stIndividual kata
200751st All Japan Universities' Karatedo Championship1stIndividual kata
200736th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships2ndIndividual kata
200837th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships1stIndividual kata
2009Asian Karate ChampionshipsFoshan, China1stIndividual kata
201038th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships1stIndividual kata
201139th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships1stIndividual kata
201240th Japan Cup Karatedo ChampionshipsJapan1stIndividual kata
201221st World ChampionshipsParis, France1stIndividual kata
  • Usami, Rika. "Interview 2011 (今月の時の顔(第9回)宇佐美里香(空手道-女子形-金メダリスト) 追いつけない"師"を持つということ)", 総合教育技術. vol.65 no.14 (March 2011): pp. 3–6. .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#bf3c2c)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#bf3c2c)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}ISSN 0911-0526, OCLC 5173379407.
  • Japan best players-the medalist of the 21st WKF Paris. vol.2 "Kata." Tokyo : CHAMP. DVD video. OCLC 1126002786.
  • Rika Usami's best karate (宇佐美里香のベスト空手 : 世界一の形とそれを創るベーシックス&マインド). Tokyo : CHAMP, DVD video. OCLC 1111859875.
  • Usami, Rika. Karatedo yondai ryuha kihonkei : Divuidi de yoku wakaru ! (空手道四大流派基本形 : DVDでよくわかる!), Baseball Magazine Co., Ltd. ISBN 9784583106885, 4583106882, OCLC 881380997.
  • "Usami Rika-san ni kiku ... : (Kokushikan-daigaku karatedo-bu sen'nin kochi, 2012-nen WKF senshuken (France) kojin kata yusho) (「フェアプレイで日本を元気に!」応援企画(15)宇佐美里香さん(国士舘大学空手道部専任コーチ、2012年世界空手道選手権大会〈フランス〉個人形優勝)に聞く...)", Coaching clinic, vol. 28 no.2 (February 2014) pp. 28–31. OCLC 8198964937.
  • Usami, Rika; Waranabe, Yusuke (渡邊祐介). "Jibun no "iro" wo hassuru hito ni (自分の「色」を発する人に : 地道な繰り返しが一流の魅力をつくる)", Matsushita Kōnosuke Juku, vol.21, January 2015, pp. 26–29. OCLC 5724709675.
  • Usami, Rika; 松久功; 千野ひとみ. 2016 zensho BS11 version, Final soshuhen. (2016全少BS11 ver. final 総集編 文部科学大臣旗第16回全日本少年少女空手道選手権大会より). Tokyo : CHAMP, Blu-ray disc. OCLC 1128248117.
  • Usami, Rika. Rika Usami's gold seminar vol.1 (宇佐美里香のゴールドセミナー : 呼吸を止めず力まず楽に技を極める! : 世界一の基本とチャタンヤラクーサンクー), Tokyo : CHAMP, Blu-ray disc. 2018. OCLC 1078623702.
  • Usami, Rika. (2019) Rika Usami's gold seminar vol.2 (宇佐美里香のゴールドセミナー : スピードとキレを生む世界一のテクニック! : スーパーリンペイ&トマリバッサイ. 2), Tokyo : CHAMP, Blu-ray disc. OCLC 1091037944.

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  • Interview with Rika Usami
  • 2012 final championships video
  • (in Japanese) Rika Usami
  • In the spotlight: Rika Usami - The Queen of Kata Archived 2020-01-12 at the Wayback Machine

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