Kazusa Ogawa

Kazusa Ogawa is the kind of athlete who makes you quietly respect the grind without ever needing the spotlight. Born in 1997 in Ichihara, Chiba — that industrial stretch of the Boso Peninsula, not exactly the glamorous backdrop you'd picture for a rising competitor — she's been putting in work on the tatami in a sport that doesn't reward flash, it rewards discipline and precision. Judo is one of those disciplines where the mental side is just as brutal as the physical: every match is a chess game at full speed, and you don't get there by accident. She's young, she's got that quiet Aquarius independent streak, and something about someone from a working-class industrial city choosing one of Japan's most demanding martial arts just feels right. I don't know all her tournament results off the top of my head, but I find myself quietly rooting for her all the same.

Kazusa Ogawa is a Japanese judoka born on February 16, 1997, in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture. She is an Aquarius by zodiac sign and the Year of the Ox by the traditional Japanese calendar. Beyond her sport and place of origin, most personal details remain private.

Name (English)

Kazusa Ogawa

Name (Japanese)

小川和紗

Reading

おがわ かずさ

Born

February 16, 1997 (age 29)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox (丑)

Origin

Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Judoka

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%B7%9D%E5%92%8C%E7%B4%97

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Judoka

Last updated

2026-06-02

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