Akari Fujinami

Akari Fujinami (; born 11 November 2003) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She has won 150 straight national and international bouts since her loss at the National Junior High School Wrestling Championships in 2017.

Career Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 53kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 55kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. She also won the gold medal in the women's 53kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. She defeated Pang Qianyu of China in her gold medal match. She defeated Lucía Yépez of Ecuador in her gold medal match. Awards Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame WWHOF Award (1 time) Amateur Wrestler of the Year (2025)