Kevin Asano
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 Kevin Asano |
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Competitor for the  United States |
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| Silver | 1988 Seoul | Extra Lightweight | |
| Pan American Games | |||
| Silver | 1987 Indianapolis | Bantamweight | |
Kevin Yoshimi Asano (born April 20, 1963) is a retired judoka from the United States, who won the silver medal in the men's extra-lightweight competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. On his way to capturing the medal he beat Shinji Hosokawa, who was the reigning world champion and 1984 Gold Medalist.
Asano came close to winning the gold medal, but lost it on a one-point penalty to Kim Jae-Yup of South Korea. Asano graduated from Pearl City High School in Hawaii in 1981, and went on to study at San José State University where he graduated in 1990 in Accounting.
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