Kiyomi Watanabe
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| Birth name | Kiyomi Watanabe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1996 (age 27–28) Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines |
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| Country |  Philippines |
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| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ronald Llamas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kiyomi Watanabe (渡辺清美 Watanabe Kiyomi?), is a Japanese-Filipino judoka. She has represented the Philippines in international competitions.
Early life and education
She was born in 1996[1] in Cebu City to a Japanese father and a Filipino mother from Mandaue. She spent some part of her childhood in Cebu City and studied at St. Paul Learning Center. She moved to Japan when she was eight years old.[2]
Watanabe entered Waseda University to obtain a degree in sports science. She is a second year student by February 2016.[3]
Career
Philippines
She first competed for the Philippines at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.[2]
She won a gold medal for the Philippines at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in the women's 63 kg event. She also won a bronze at the 2013 Asian Youth Judo Championship in Hainan, China.[4][5][6]
As of December 2013, she ranks fourth in her weight division in Japan. Her mother, Irene Sarausad has assured that her daughter will continue in representing the Philippines.[2]
Watanabe won the Philippines' first gold medal at the Asian Youth Judo Championship during the tournaments 2014 edition held in December 13–14 in Hong Kong.[7]
In order to qualify in the 2016 Summer Olympics, Watanabe competed in the Paris Grand Slam in February 2016 and will compete at the Asian Judo Senior's Championship held in Uzbekistan on April of the same year.[8] Watanabe ended as one of the top 16 judokas at the tournament held in Paris.[3]
Tournaments in Japan
Watanabe won a silver at the 2014 All Japan High School Judo Championship. She later won gold medals at the All Japan College University Championship and All Japan Teams Championship in 2015.[3]
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