Sakura Kokumai

Japanese American Karate champion from Hawaii, currently based in Los Angeles. Kokumai is training to be the first US Karate Olympic medalist and scheduled to make her debut at Tokyo 2021. Starting karate at age 7, Kokumai made it to the US Junior National Team at 14 and has been representing the US since. The eight-time USA National Champion (Senior) holds a masters from Waseda University in Japan and counts Panasonic amongst her sponsors. Follow her on Instagram @sakurakokumaikarate