Ayami Takano

is a Japanese judoka. She won a gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2024 World Judo Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Her specialty is the ouchi-gari. She is currently studying for a doctorate at Tokyo Gakugei University Graduate School.

Judo career Takano started judo at the age of three at the Chikushi dojo where her grandfather taught her. In 2020, she joined Japan Ace Support. In the 2023 weight class, she won her first match by disqualification against Momo Tamaki of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, then won the final by disqualification against Yoshida, winning her first senior national championship.

At the 2023 Judo Grand Prix Linz, Takano lost her first match to Hasret Bozkurt of Turkey by a seoi-nage throw early in the match. In the Kodokan Cup, she lost to Hiyori Koga of Park 24 by waza-ari in the final, placing second. At the Grand Slam Tokyo, she lost by waza-ari to Canada's Christa Deguchi in the quarterfinals, and then lost by disqualification to Israel's Timna Nelson-Levy in the repechage, finishing in seventh place. At the 2024 Judo Grand Prix Odivelas, Takano lost by waza-ari to Huh Mi-mi in the semifinals, but beat Nelson-Levy by waza-ari in the third-place deciding match to finish third. In the weight class in April, she placed second in the final, losing by waza-ari to Tamaki. At the mixed team event of the World Judo Championships, she only competed in her first match against Germany, but won, and then her team went on to win the championship.