The brilliant sportswoman Kanae Yamabe is a judoka, who competes in the +78kg division and favours the harai Goshi technique. She is a 3x IJF Grand Slam Champion, a IJF Grand Prix Champion, a Summer Universiade Champion, as well as a World Masters Silver-medalist, a World Championships medalist, and an Olympic Bronze-medalist.
Born and raised in Hokkaido, Japan, Yamabe took up judo at the age of six, and by the time she was 19 she had won the Bro...