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Kanae Yamabe (山部 佳苗, Yamabe Kanae; born 22 September 1990 in Hokkaido) is a Japanese female judoka. Yamabe started judo at the age of 6. Her favorite technique is harai Goshi. In 2009, Yamabe won a bronze medal in the +78 kg weight class at the 2009 World Judo Juniors Championships in Paris. In 2015, Yamabe won a bronze medal in the heavyweight (+78 kg) division at the 2015 World Judo Championships.

Source: “Kanae Yamabe”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt