Hifumi Abe

Hifumi Abe
Abe at the Tōkyō Yūshun Award Ceremony in February 2024
Personal information
Native name
阿部 一二三
Nickname(s)
The Flamethrower, ひふみん (hifumin)
Born (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997
OccupationJudoka
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍66 kg
Rank     5th dan black belt
ClubPark24 (2020–)
TeamAll-Japan National Team
Coached byKeiji Suzuki
Sinchon Atsushi
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020, 2024)
World Champ. (2017, 2018, 2022,
2023)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo ‍–‍66 kg
2024 Paris ‍–‍66 kg
2020 Tokyo Mixed team
2024 Paris Mixed team
World Championships
2017 Budapest ‍–‍66 kg
2018 Baku ‍–‍66 kg
2022 Tashkent ‍–‍66 kg
2023 Doha ‍–‍66 kg
2019 Tokyo ‍–‍66 kg
2025 Budapest ‍–‍66 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2014 Tokyo ‍–‍66 kg
2016 Tyumen ‍–‍66 kg
2016 Tokyo ‍–‍66 kg
2017 Paris ‍–‍66 kg
2017 Tokyo ‍–‍66 kg
2018 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍66 kg
2019 Osaka ‍–‍66 kg
2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg
2021 Antalya ‍–‍66 kg
2022 Budapest ‍–‍66 kg
2023 Tokyo ‍–‍66 kg
2024 Antalya ‍–‍66 kg
2025 Tokyo ‍–‍66 kg
2026 Tashkent ‍–‍66 kg
2018 Osaka ‍–‍66 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2015 Tashkent ‍–‍66 kg
2015 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍66 kg
2018 Zagreb ‍–‍66 kg
World Juniors Championships
2014 Fort Lauderdale ‍–‍66 kg
World Cadets Championships
2013 Miami ‍–‍66 kg
Asian Cadet Championships
2012 Taipei ‍–‍60 kg
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjing ‍–‍66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF13208
JudoInside.com85604
Updated on 2 March 2026

Hifumi Abe (阿部 一二三, Abe Hifumi; born 9 August 1997) is a Japanese judoka who competes in the Men's half-lightweight (66 kg) division. He won two consecutive gold medals in the Men's 66 kg competition at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as two silver medals in a row with the Japanese team in those games' judo mixed team events. He is also a four-time world champion, having won the gold medal in his weight category at the World Judo Championships in 2017, 2018, 2022, and 2023.

Abe rose to prominence after becoming Youth Olympic champion in August 2014; an achievement followed by a silver medal in October at the World Juniors Championships in Fort Lauderdale. He subsequently won his first IJF senior competition, the Tokyo Grand Slam, in December 2014, at just 17 years old, unexpectedly beating the reigning world champion of his weight category and favorite, Masashi Ebinuma, in the semi-final.