Kento Masaki
Japanese judoka
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| Intro | Japanese judoka | |||
| Places | Japan | |||
| is | Athlete Martial artist Judoka | |||
| Work field | Sports | |||
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| Birth | 9 August 1987, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan | |||
| Age | 37 years | |||
| Star sign | Leo | |||
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Kento Masaki (正木 健人, Masaki Kento, born 9 August 1987) is a Japanese Paralympic judoka in Super-Heavyweight.
In 2012 he became Paralympic champion in the +100 kg by beating Song Wang (China) in the final.
The 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio is his second Games. In the +100 kg, he won his second medal in the form of a bronze. That occurred after he had suffered his first-ever defeat in a Paralympic match in the semi-final to Adiljan Tuledibaev (Uzbekistan) who went on to win the gold medal, and Masaki ultimately won the bronze-medal match.