Yui Susaki

Okay, Yui Susaki is one of those athletes who makes me rethink what "small" even means. She's listed at 153cm, born in 1999 in Matsudo, Chiba, and she wrestles freestyle in the lightest weight classes — and I just love that she chose maybe the least flashy, least televised sport in Japan and quietly became utterly dominant at it. I'm a sucker for that kind of person: no neon, no scandal columns, just years of grinding on the mat and outworking everyone. The mental image of someone her size locking up against a bigger opponent and refusing to back down genuinely gets me a little fired up. She doesn't flood the news cycle, but you can feel the steel under the quiet. Honestly, give me substance over spectacle every time, and she's pure substance.

Yui Susaki is a Japanese amateur wrestler born on June 30, 1999, in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture. Standing 153 cm tall, she has competed in amateur wrestling and received the Medal with Purple Ribbon (Shiju-hosho), one of Japan's government-conferred honors recognizing distinguished achievement in the arts and sciences. She maintains active social media accounts on Instagram and X.

Name (English)

Yui Susaki

Name (Japanese)

須崎優衣

Reading

すさき ゆい

Born

June 30, 1999 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit (卯)

Origin

Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Height

153cm

Occupation

Amateur wrestler

Awards & achievements

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (Shiju-hosho) — year unknown

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yui106301susaki/
• Xhttps://x.com/yui0630susaki
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A0%88%EF%A8%91%E5%84%AA%E8%A1%A3

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Amateur wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.