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Japan Masashi Ebinuma transitioned from an internationally recognized judoka to a national and corporate coach, leveraging his competitive insights for new generations of athletes.
Masashi Ebinuma is coaching for Park24, his company and a main sponsor of the Japanese judo team. He serves as a coach for their judo club, which includes notable athletes like Uta and Hifumi Abe, Takato, and Hashimoto, indicating a strong team supported by the company. He is also an assistant coach for Japan until the Summer Olympics.
Masashi Ebinuma, a three-time World Judo Champion and Olympic medalist, has launched an exclusive video series on Superstar Judo.
Masashi Ebinuma was born on February 15, 1990, in Oyama, Japan, and later resided in Tokyo, Japan. He is a Japanese judoka who attended Meiji University. During his career, he became known for his precise technique and consistent performance in the half-lightweight division, where he was ranked first in the world for three years. Ebinuma achieved significant milestones, securing three World Judo Championships titles in 2011, 2013, and 2014, and earning bronze medals at the 2012 London Summer Olympics and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.
Ebinuma’s professional career included numerous international victories, such as gold medals at the IJF Grand Slam in Tokyo (2009) and Paris (2016), as well as multiple Grand Prix events in Abu Dhabi (2009) and Düsseldorf (2013, 2014). He was also a quadruple All-Japan national champion. A notable event in his career was at the 2012 London Olympics, where a controversial referee decision in his quarter-final match against South Korea’s Cho Jun-ho was overturned by a reviewing jury, an exceptionally rare occurrence in Olympic judo. This decision allowed him to advance, ultimately leading to his first Olympic bronze medal.
Following his retirement from competitive judo in 2020, Ebinuma transitioned into coaching. He spent two years in the UK studying various coaching methodologies and learning English. He now serves as an assistant coach for the Japanese national team, specifically working with the -60 kg and -66 kg men’s categories, and also coaches for his company, Park24, a main sponsor of the Japanese team. This career progression reflects his continued dedication to the sport, focusing on athlete development and strategic performance analysis.
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