Yuko Emoto

Yuko Emoto (恵本 裕子, Emoto Yūko, born December 23, 1972 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido[1]) is a Japanese judoka and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[2]

Yuko Emoto
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta -61 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Hiroshima -61 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Macau -61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1995 New Delhi -61 kg
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1997 Busan -61 kg

Emoto received a silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games.

She is married to South Korean judoka Kim Hyuk.[3]

In 2016, she provided input to a manga series written by Makoto Kobayashi titled JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari.[4]

References
  1. "恵本裕子｜柔道オリンピック動画集".
  2. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Judo" Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on June 19, 2008)
  3. "＜アトランタ・金＞柔道　恵本裕子". Zakzak (in Japanese). 2001-09-16. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  4. 柔道部物語：女の子主役に25年ぶり“復活” モデルはアトランタ五輪金メダリスト. Mantan Web (in Japanese). August 9, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2023.


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