Miho Miyahara

Miho Miyahara (宮原 美穂, Miyahara Miho, born 3 September 1996)^[1] is a Japanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships (2018 and 2021). She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2018 Asian Karate Championships.^[2]

Miho Miyahara

Personal information
Born	(1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 (age 28) Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City, Kyushu Island
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Karate
Weight class	50 kg 55 kg (Olympic Games)
Event	Kumite
Medal record Women's karate Representing  Japan Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Games 0 1 1 World Championships 2 1 0 Asian Games 0 0 1 Asian Championships 1 2 0 Total 3 4 2 World Games 2017 Wrocław Kumite 50 kg 2022 Birmingham Kumite 50 kg World Championships 2018 Madrid Kumite 50 kg 2021 Dubai Kumite 50 kg 2016 Linz Kumite 50 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Kumite 50 kg Asian Championships 2018 Amman Kumite 50 kg 2019 Tashkent Kumite 50 kg 2022 Tashkent Kumite 50 kg

Miyahara represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate.^[3][4] She competed in the women's 55 kg event.^[5]

Career

Miyahara won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria.^[6][7] In the final, she lost against Alexandra Recchia of France.^[6] In 2017, Miyahara repeated this result with the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the World Games in Wrocław, Poland.^[8][9] The gold medal also went to Alexandra Recchia.^[8]

At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, Miyahara won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.^[2] A few days later, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2018 World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan.^[10] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[1]

At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Miyahara won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.^[11][12] In the final, she lost against Bakhriniso Babaeva of Uzbekistan.^[12]

In August 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Miyahara competed in the women's 55 kg event.^[5] In November 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[13][14] She defeated Shara Hubrich of Germany in her gold medal match.^[14]

Miyahara won the bronze medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.^[15] She defeated Gu Shiau-shuang of Chinese Taipei in her bronze medal match.^[15] In 2023, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2016	World Championships	Linz, Austria	2nd	Kumite 50 kg
2017	World Games	Wrocław, Poland	2nd	Kumite 50 kg
2018	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	Kumite 50 kg
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	3rd	Kumite 50 kg
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	1st	Kumite 50 kg
2019	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	2nd	Kumite 50 kg
2021	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	1st	Kumite 50 kg
2022	World Games	Birmingham, United States	3rd	Kumite 50 kg
	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	2nd	Kumite 50 kg