kiyou shimizu

Kiyou Shimizu is an Olympic silver medallist and two-time World champion in karate kata, excelling on national and international stages. After securing her first World Championship title in the individual kata event at the 2014 World Karate Championships in Bremen, Germany, Kiyou Shimizu quickly established herself as a dominant force in competitive karate. That same year, Shimizu represented Japan at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, where she earned a gold medal in the women’s kata event. Her rapid ascent continued into 2015, when she secured another gold medal at the Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan, solidifying her early career as a prodigious talent on the international stage.

Shimizu’s consistent high performance led to her second World Championship gold medal in 2016, achieved at the prestigious event in Linz, Austria. In 2017, she further demonstrated her unparalleled skill by winning the gold medal in the women’s kata event at the World Games in Wroc?aw, Poland, notably defeating Spain’s formidable Sandra Sánchez in the final. The year 2018 marked continued dominance with gold medals at both the Asian Karate Championships in Amman, Jordan, and the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Shimizu also earned a silver medal at the World Karate Championships in Madrid, Spain, once again competing against Sandra Sánchez.

In 2023, she added a silver medal at the Asian Karate Championships in Malacca, Malaysia, to her extensive list of accolades. Throughout her illustrious career, Kiyou Shimizu has consistently been recognized as a prominent figure and a leading innovator in karate, earning her the distinguished moniker, ‘Queen of Kata,’ an Olympic silver medallist and two-time World Champion, embodying grace and power in her sport.