Mashu Baker

I'll be honest — judo doesn't always get the spotlight it deserves in the English-speaking world, but Mashu Baker is exactly the kind of athlete who should make you stop scrolling. Tokai University judo is already a pressure cooker of talent, and he came out the other side as a Rio 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 100kg class, which is no small thing — that weight division is brutally competitive and you don't stumble onto that podium. The Purple Ribbon medal the Japanese government gave him that same year was the right call. What I find genuinely interesting about him is the mixed-heritage name in a sport so deeply rooted in Japanese tradition — there's a quiet tension there that he seems to carry without making a big deal of it, and that understated quality feels very much in the spirit of the sport itself. One to watch whenever the mat gets set up.

Mashu Baker is a Japanese judoka born on September 25, 1994, in Tokyo. He competed at Tokai University and went on to represent Japan at the international level. In 2016, he was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon (Shiju Hosho) in recognition of his athletic achievements.

Name (English)

Mashu Baker

Name (Japanese)

ベイカー茉秋

Reading

べいかー ましゅう

Born

September 25, 1994 (age 31)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog (戌)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

2cm

Occupation

Judoka

University

Tokai University

Awards & achievements

• 2016 — Medal with Purple Ribbon (Shiju Hosho)

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E8%8C%89%E7%A7%8B

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Judoka

Last updated

2026-06-02

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