Akari Ogata
Akari Ogata is a female Japanese judoka.
She started taking part in karate at the age of 7 and she became national junior karate champion when she was 10, but at age 13, she quit karate and started to practise judo.
She won the bronze medal in the half-heavyweight division at the 2010 World Judo Championships, and silver a year later. She has also won silver at the Asian Games. She had previously won the junior world title in that weight division.
Her favorite techniques are uchimata, ōuchi gari and sankaku-jime.
