Kazuyasu Minobe (見延 和靖, Minobe Kazuyasu, born 15 July 1987) is a Japanese left-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic champion.^[1]

Along with Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, and Satoru Uyama, Minobe was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team men's épée event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in fencing.^[2]

Minobe's first sport was volleyball. He took up fencing in high school, on his father's advice. He made his international debut in 2008 and joined the Japanese national team, with whom he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou and a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Épée	1st[3]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[4]
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Team Men's Épée	3rd[5]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Suwon, South Korea	Team Men's Épée	3rd[6]
2015	Singapore	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[7]
2015	Singapore	Team Men's Épée	3rd[8]
2016	Wuxi, China	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[9]
2016	Wuxi, China	Team Men's Épée	1st[10]
2017	Hong Kong, China	Team Men's Épée	3rd[11]
2019	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Épée	3rd[12]

Date	Location	Event	Position
2017-03-24	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[13]
2019-03-08	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	1st[14]
2019-05-03	Bogotá, Colombia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[15]

Date	Location	Event	Position
2015-11-13	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[16]
2018-01-25	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	1st[17]
2018-11-23	Bern, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	1st[18]

• Official website
• Kazuyasu Minobe at the International Fencing Federation
• Kazuyasu Minobe at Olympedia