is a Japanese

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

who competed in the 48 kg

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at the

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, winning the

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at both Games. Her younger sister

Kaori Kaori ( "scent/aroma, fabric/weave" and occasionally rendered "perfume", ) is a feminine Japanese name, Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kaori (voice actress) (born 1976), Japanese voice actress and singer *, musician ...

is also a wrestler who competed in the 63 kg weight class at the

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

and

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, winning the

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on four occasions. Chiharu has won the Asian championship twice and the World Championships three times.

Awards

*''

Tokyo Sports is a Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1960. See also * Tokyo Sports Film Award * Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards References External links

* http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp Official website 1960 establishments in Japan Da ...

'' ** Wrestling Special Award (2003, 2004, 2006)

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* * * 1981 births Living people Martial artists from Aomori Prefecture Sportspeople from Hachinohe Japanese female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Japan Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in wrestling Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan World Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub