Rika Usami

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Rika Usami
Born (1986-02-20) February 20, 1986 (age 38)
Tokyo, Japan
Native name宇佐美うさみ里香りか
NationalityJapanese
StyleShitō-ryū
TrainerYoshimi Inoue
UniversityKokushikan University
Rika Usami
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Japan
World Karate Championships
Gold medal – first place Paris 2012
Bronze medal – third place Belgrade 2010
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place Guangzhou 2010

Rika Usami (宇佐美うさみ 里香りか, 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.[1] 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.[2]

Early life[edit]

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.[3]

Achievements[edit]

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2003 30th Japan National High School Karatedo Championships Sasebo 1st[4]
2005 4th World Junior & Cadet Karatedo Championships Cyprus 1st
2006 8th Asian Junior & Cadet Karatedo Championships Singapore 1st
2007 35th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships [ja] 1st[5] Individual kata
2007 51st All Japan Universities' Karatedo Championship 1st[6] Individual kata
2007 36th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships 2nd Individual kata
2008 37th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships 1st Individual kata
2009 Asian Karate Championships Foshan, China 1st Individual kata
2010 38th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships 1st Individual kata
2011 39th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships 1st Individual kata
2012 40th Japan Cup Karatedo Championships Japan 1st Individual kata
2012 21st World Championships Paris, France 1st Individual kata

Publications[edit]

  • Usami, Rika. "Interview 2011 (今月こんげつの時ときの顔かお(第だい9回かい)宇佐美うさみ里香りか(空手からて道どう-女子じょし形がた-金きむメダリスト) 追おいつけない"師し"を持もつということ)", 総合そうごう教育きょういく技術ぎじゅつ. vol.65 no.14 (March 2011): pp.3-6. 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 (宇佐美うさみ里香りかのベスト空手からて : 世界一せかいいちの形かたちとそれを創つくるベーシックス&マインド). Tokyo : CHAMP, DVD video. OCLC 1111859875.
  • Usami, Rika. Karatedo yondai ryuha kihonkei : Divuidi de yoku wakaru ! (空手からて道どう四よん大だい流派りゅうは基本形きほんけい : 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にっぽんを元気げんきに!」応援おうえん企画きかく(15)宇佐美うさみ里香りかさん(国士舘大学こくしかんだいがく空手からて道部みちぶ専任せんにんコーチ、2012年ねん世界せかい空手からて道どう選手権せんしゅけん大会たいかい〈フランス〉個人こじん形がた優勝ゆうしょう)に聞きく...)", Coaching clinic, vol. 28 no.2 (February 2014) pp.28-31. OCLC 8198964937.
  • Usami, Rika; Waranabe, Yusuke (渡邊わたなべ祐介ゆうすけ). "Jibun no "iro" wo hassuru hito ni (自分じぶんの「色いろ」を発はっする人ひとに : 地道じみちな繰くり返かえしが一流いちりゅうの魅力みりょくをつくる)", Matsushita Kōnosuke Juku, vol.21, January 2015, pp.26-29. OCLC 5724709675.
  • Usami, Rika ; 松久まつきゅう功いさお ; 千野ちのひとみ. 2016 zensho BS11 version, Final soshuhen. (2016全ぜん少しょうBS11 ver. final 総集編そうしゅうへん 文部もんぶ科学かがく大臣だいじん旗き第だい16回かい全日本ぜんにほん少年しょうねん少女しょうじょ空手からて道どう選手権せんしゅけん大会たいかいより). Tokyo : CHAMP, Blu-ray disc. OCLC 1128248117.
  • Usami, Rika. Rika Usami's gold seminar vol.1 (宇佐美うさみ里香りかのゴールドセミナー : 呼吸こきゅうを止とめず力りきまず楽らくに技わざを極きわめる! : 世界一せかいいちの基本きほん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 (宇佐美うさみ里香りかのゴールドセミナー : スピードとキレを生うむ世界一せかいいちのテクニック! : スーパーリンペイ&トマリバッサイ. 2), Tokyo : CHAMP, Blu-ray disc. OCLC 1091037944.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Karate records World Championship 2012". Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ^ Usami, Rika: coach, class of 2007, the 43rd alumna : "Staffs" (in Japanese). Karate Team, Kokushikan University. Retrieved 2021-04-26..
  3. ^ "Exclusive Interview: Rika Usami - The Undisputed Queen of Karate Kata". 21 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. ^ "大会たいかい結果けっか・第だい30回かい全国ぜんこく高等こうとう学校がっこう空手からて道どう選手権せんしゅけん大会たいかい" [Results : the 30th All Japan High School Karatedo Championships]. www.jkf-hs.com 公益こうえき財団ざいだん法人ほうじん 全国ぜんこく高等こうとう学校がっこう体育たいいく連盟れんめい空手からて道どう専せん門部かとべ [The Section of Karatedo, All Japan High School Athletics Federation] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  5. ^ [全日本ぜんにほん空手からて道どう選手権せんしゅけん大会たいかい 栄光えいこうの記録きろく（入賞にゅうしょう者しゃ一覧いちらん）] [Results]. Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF) 公益こうえき財団ざいだん法人ほうじん 全日本ぜんにほん空手からて道どう連盟れんめい (in Japanese). 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  6. ^ 第だい51回かい全日本ぜんにほん学生がくせい空手からて道どう選手権せんしゅけん大会たいかい並ならびに東西とうざい対抗たいこう戦せん(DVD) [The 51st All Japan University Karatedo Championship with Kanto vs. Kansai Karatedo Game (DVD)]. Champ-Shop. Retrieved 2021-04-27.

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