Sae Nanjo

Sae Nanjo's record made me sit up a little straighter. Born in 1999 in Hyogo Prefecture, she won national titles as a child, went on to Shigakkan University, took gold at 57 kg at the 2019 U23 World Championships and bronze at the 2021 World Championships in Oslo. Amateur wrestling is genuinely brutal: no spotlights, no crowd pop, just grinding mat work, weight cuts, and technique drilled until your body forgets how to do anything else. She strikes me as exactly the type who lets the mat do the talking, and I'm rooting for her.

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Sae Nanjo is a Japanese amateur wrestler born on July 15, 1999, in Hyogo Prefecture. Standing 166 cm tall, she competes as an amateur in a sport that demands high levels of physical fitness and technical skill. A graduate of Shigakkan University, she won the 57 kg title at the 2019 U23 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships in Oslo, and has wrestled for Toshin Jyuken since 2022.

Name (English)

Sae Nanjo

Name (Japanese)

南條早映

Reading

なんじょう さえ

Born

July 15, 1999 (age 27)

Origin

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Height

166cm

Occupation

Amateur wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E6%A2%9D%E6%97%A9%E6%98%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30230915

Tags

• From Hyogo Prefecture
• Amateur wrestler

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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