# Kayo Someya

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{{Short description|Japanese karateka (born 1991)}}
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* [Kumite](/source/Kumite)
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{{Medal|Sport| Women's karate }}
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{{Medal|Competition| [World Championships](/source/World_Karate_Championships) }}
{{Medal|Gold| [2012 Paris](/source/2012_World_Karate_Championships) | Kumite 68 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2012 Paris | Team kumite }}
{{Medal|Competition| [Asian Championships](/source/Asian_Karate_Championships) }}
{{Medal|Gold| [2015 Yokohama](/source/2015_Asian_Karate_Championships) | Kumite 68 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| [2017 Astana](/source/2017_Asian_Karate_Championships) | Kumite 68 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| [2018 Amman](/source/2018_Asian_Karate_Championships) | Kumite 68 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| [2021 Almaty](/source/2021_Asian_Karate_Championships) | Kumite 68 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| [2022 Tashkent](/source/2022_Asian_Karate_Championships) | Kumite 68 kg }}
{{Medal|Silver| [2019 Tashkent](/source/2019_Asian_Karate_Championships) | Kumite 68 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| [2013 Dubai](/source/2013_Asian_Karate_Championships) | Kumite 68 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| [2017 Astana](/source/2017_Asian_Karate_Championships) | Team kumite }}
{{Medal|Bronze| [2021 Almaty](/source/2021_Asian_Karate_Championships) | Team kumite }}
{{Medal|Competition| [World Games](/source/World_Games) }}
{{Medal|Gold| [2013 Cali](/source/Karate_at_the_2013_World_Games) | Kumite 68 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| [2017 Wrocław](/source/Karate_at_the_2017_World_Games) | [Kumite 68 kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2017_World_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_68_kg) }}
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{{Medal|Bronze| [2018 Jakarta](/source/Karate_at_the_2018_Asian_Games) | [Kumite 68 kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2018_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_68_kg) }}
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'''Kayo Someya''' (born 14 May 1991)<ref name="karate_results_asian_games_2018">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/89/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Karate_v1.0.pdf|title=Karate Results|website=2018 Asian Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419171221/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/89/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Karate_v1.0.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2020|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> is a Japanese [karate](/source/karate)ka. She is the 2012 World Champion in the women's kumite 68 kg event and a five-time gold medalist in this event at the [Asian Karate Championships](/source/Asian_Karate_Championships).

== Career ==

Someya [represented Japan](/source/Japan_at_the_2013_World_Games) at the [2013 World Games](/source/2013_World_Games) held in Cali, Colombia and she won the gold medal in the [women's kumite 68 kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2013_World_Games) event.<ref name="karate_medalists_world_games_2013">{{Cite web|title=Karate Medalists by Event|url=https://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C93_9.0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815221055/https://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C93_9.0.pdf|archive-date=15 August 2020|access-date=15 August 2020|website=2013 World Games}}</ref>

At the [2017 World Games](/source/2017_World_Games) held in Wrocław, Poland, Someya won the bronze medal in the [women's kumite 68 kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2017_World_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_68_kg) event.<ref name="japan_win_two_golds_world_games_2017">{{Cite news|last=Winters|first=Max|date=26 July 2017|title=Japan win two golds as karate action concludes at Wrocław 2017|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1053287/japan-win-two-golds-as-karate-action-concludes-at-wroclaw-2017|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903140713/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1053287/japan-win-two-golds-as-karate-action-concludes-at-wroclaw-2017|archive-date=3 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="karate_results_world_games_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|title=Karate Results|website=2017 World Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2020|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>

thumb|left|Someya at K1PL 2018 in Berlin
At the [2018 Asian Karate Championships](/source/2018_Asian_Karate_Championships) held in Amman, Jordan, Someya won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event.<ref name="japan_claim_seven_gold_asian_karate_2018">{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067479/japan-claim-seven-gold-medals-at-asian-karate-championships|title=Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships|date=14 July 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in the [women's kumite 68 kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2018_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_68_kg) event at the [Asian Games](/source/2018_Asian_Games) held in Jakarta, Indonesia.<ref name="karate_results_asian_games_2018"/> In her bronze medal match she defeated [Chao Jou](/source/Chao_Jou) of Taiwan.<ref name="karate_results_asian_games_2018"/>

At the [2019 Asian Karate Championships](/source/2019_Asian_Karate_Championships) held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Someya won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68 kg event.<ref name="japan_earn_six_titles_uzbek_golden_2019">{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1082367/asian-karate-championships-in-tashkent|title=Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships|date=20 July 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="asian_karate_championships_results_2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/akf-seniorresultados-16th-akf-senior-championships-15-21-july-tashkent-uzbekistan-001.pdf|title=2019 Asian Karate Championships Results|website=World Karate Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423202643/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/akf-seniorresultados-16th-akf-senior-championships-15-21-july-tashkent-uzbekistan-001.pdf|archive-date=23 April 2020|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> This became the silver medal after a confirmed doping violation of Nodira Djumaniyazova of Uzbekistan, the original gold medalist.<ref name="ceyco_georgia_dapat_medali_emas_karate_asia_2019">{{Cite news|date=25 January 2021|title=Ceyco Georgia Dapat Medali Emas yang Tertunda dari Kejuaraan Karate Asia 2019|language=id|work=skor|url=https://olahraga.skor.id/ceyco-georgia-dapat-medali-emas-tertunda-dari-kejuaraan-karate-asia-2019-01365347|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="doping_violation_nodira_djumaniyazova_wkf_2021">{{Cite web|title=Report of Anti-Doping Matter|url=https://www.wkf.net/pdf/ADRV_Nodira-Djumaniyazova.pdf|access-date=19 July 2021|website=World Karate Federation}}</ref>

In 2021, Someya competed in the [women's 68 kg](/source/2021_World_Karate_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_68_kg) event at the [World Karate Championships](/source/2021_World_Karate_Championships) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A month later, she won the gold medal in her event at the [Asian Karate Championships](/source/2021_Asian_Karate_Championships) held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.<ref name="japan_top_medal_table_asian_karate_championships_in_almaty_2021">{{Cite news|last=Burke|first=Patrick|date=22 December 2021|title=Japan top medal table at Asian Karate Championships in Almaty|work=[InsideTheGames.biz](/source/Inside_the_Games)|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117171/japan-asian-karate-champs-2021|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="results_book_asian_karate_championships_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222173136/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf|archive-date=22 December 2021|access-date=22 December 2021|website=Sportdata.org}}</ref> She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event.<ref name="results_book_asian_karate_championships_2021"/>

==Personal life==
She is the older sister of [Mayumi Someya](/source/Mayumi_Someya), also a karateka and a colleague of Japan's national karate team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goerie.com/article/20150816/SPORTS/610138407/|title=Hopes high for karate's inclusion for 2020 Tokyo Olympics|date=16 August 2015|work=Goerie.com|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

== Achievements ==

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!Year !!Competition !!Venue !!Rank!!Event
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|rowspan=2 | 2012
|rowspan=2 | [World Championships](/source/2012_World_Karate_Championships)
|rowspan=2 | Paris, France
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Team kumite
|-
|rowspan=2 | 2013
|[World Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2013_World_Games)
|Cali, Colombia
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
|-
|[Asian Championships](/source/2013_Asian_Karate_Championships)
|Dubai, United Arab Emirates
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
|-
|2015
|[Asian Championships](/source/2015_Asian_Karate_Championships)
|Yokohama, Japan
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
|-
|rowspan=3 | 2017
|rowspan=2 | [Asian Championships](/source/2017_Asian_Karate_Championships)
|rowspan=2 | Astana, Kazakhstan
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Team kumite
|-
|[World Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2017_World_Games)
|Wrocław, Poland
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2017_World_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_68_kg)
|-
|rowspan=2 | 2018
|[Asian Championships](/source/2018_Asian_Karate_Championships)
|Amman, Jordan
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
|-
|[Asian Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2018_Asian_Games)
|Jakarta, Indonesia
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2018_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_68_kg)
|-
|2019
|[Asian Championships](/source/2019_Asian_Karate_Championships)
|Tashkent, Uzbekistan
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
|-
|rowspan=2 | 2021
|rowspan=2 | [Asian Championships](/source/2021_Asian_Karate_Championships)
|rowspan=2 | Almaty, Kazakhstan
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Team kumite
|-
|2022
|[Asian Championships](/source/2022_Asian_Karate_Championships)
|Tashkent, Uzbekistan
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
|}

== References ==
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Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen
Category:Medalists at the 2013 World Games
Category:Medalists at the 2017 World Games

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