Kazuyasu Minobe won the silver medal, the first medal of the Japanese team in this event, at the men's individual épée, the world championship of fencing held in Egypt.
On the 19th of the World Fencing Championships, an individual match between Men's Epe and Women's Foil was held.
Of these, in the men's Epe individual, 35-year-old Minobe won the match between Masaru Yamada in the third round, Koki Kano in the quarterfinals, and the members who won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics group.
Minobe, who defeated the Ukrainian player in the semi-finals and advanced to the final, was a gold medalist for the Tokyo Olympics Men's Epe, who lost to France's Romain Cannone 12 to 15 to win the silver medal.
According to the Federation of Japan Fencing, it is the first time for a Japanese player to win a medal in this event of the World Championships.
Through the association, Minobe said, "I think it was a medal that won the confrontation between Japanese players in a close battle, and it was a medal that was not strange to anyone. That is why I could not win to the end and I could not prove the strength of Japan very much. It's regrettable. I want to take this regret and win the gold medal as a team in the team competition. "