# 2023 Asian Karate Championships

The 2023 Asian Karate Championships were the 19th edition of the Senior Asian Karate Championship and were held in Malacca, Malaysia from 21 to 23, July 2023. The event was held at the Malacca International Trade Centre.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Kakeru Nishiyama Japan | Mohammad Bader Kuwait | Park Hee-jun South Korea |
| Individual kata | Kakeru Nishiyama Japan | Mohammad Bader Kuwait | Abolfazl Shahrjerdi Iran |
| Team kata | Japan Koji Arimoto Kazumasa Moto Ryuji Moto | Kuwait Mohammad Al-Mosawi Salman Al-Mosawi Mohammad Bader | Vietnam Giang Việt Anh Lê Hồng Phúc Phạm Minh Đức Phạm Minh Quân |
| Team kata | Japan Koji Arimoto Kazumasa Moto Ryuji Moto | Kuwait Mohammad Al-Mosawi Salman Al-Mosawi Mohammad Bader | Iran Milad Farazmehr Abolfazl Shahrjerdi Ali Zand |
| Kumite −55 kg | Behnam Dehghanzadeh Iran | Omar Shaqrah Jordan | Prem Kumar Selvam Malaysia |
| Kumite −55 kg | Behnam Dehghanzadeh Iran | Omar Shaqrah Jordan | Zholaman Bigabyl Kazakhstan |
| Kumite −60 kg | Kaisar Alpysbay Kazakhstan | Shi Leilei China | Siwakon Muekthong Thailand |
| Kumite −60 kg | Kaisar Alpysbay Kazakhstan | Shi Leilei China | Abdallah Hammad Jordan |
| Kumite −67 kg | Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Jordan | Didar Amirali Kazakhstan | Amir Mehdizadeh Iran |
| Kumite −67 kg | Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Jordan | Didar Amirali Kazakhstan | Cheng Hui Pan Hong Kong |
| Kumite −75 kg | Nurkanat Azhikanov Kazakhstan | Bahman Askari Iran | Sultan Al-Zahrani Saudi Arabia |
| Kumite −75 kg | Nurkanat Azhikanov Kazakhstan | Bahman Askari Iran | Omar Al-Jenaei Kuwait |
| Kumite −84 kg | Mohammad Al-Jafari Jordan | Rikito Shimada Japan | Daniyar Yuldashev Kazakhstan |
| Kumite −84 kg | Mohammad Al-Jafari Jordan | Rikito Shimada Japan | Wu Chun-wei Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite +84 kg | Tareg Hamedi Saudi Arabia | Daiki Ando Japan | Sajjad Ganjzadeh Iran |
| Kumite +84 kg | Tareg Hamedi Saudi Arabia | Daiki Ando Japan | Abylay Toltay Kazakhstan |
| Team kumite | Iran Saleh Abazari Mehdi Ashouri Saman Edalati Amir Hossein Fadakar Mehdi Khodabakhshi Mahmoud Nemati Mehdi Shahgol | Kazakhstan Dias Anarbekov Abilmansur Batyrgali Damir Nurbergen Nikita Tarnakin Dias Ulbek Nurniyaz Yeldashov Daniyar Yuldashev | Kuwait Omar Al-Jenaei Fahed Al-Ajmi Ahmad Al-Mesfer Mohammad Al-Mijadi Soltaan Al-Mutairi Yousef Mohammad Abdulaziz Shaaban |
| Team kumite | Iran Saleh Abazari Mehdi Ashouri Saman Edalati Amir Hossein Fadakar Mehdi Khodabakhshi Mahmoud Nemati Mehdi Shahgol | Kazakhstan Dias Anarbekov Abilmansur Batyrgali Damir Nurbergen Nikita Tarnakin Dias Ulbek Nurniyaz Yeldashov Daniyar Yuldashev | Jordan Mohammad Al-Jafari Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Afeef Ghaith Abdallah Hammad Hasan Masarweh Ahmad Shadid Omar Shaqrah |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Grace Lau Hong Kong | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Liya Koshkarbayeva Kazakhstan |
| Individual kata | Grace Lau Hong Kong | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Fatemeh Sadeghi Iran |
| Team kata | Japan Saori Ishibashi Chiho Mizukami Sae Taira | Vietnam Lê Thị Khánh Ly Lưu Thị Thu Uyên Nguyễn Ngọc Trâm Nguyễn Thị Phương | Malaysia Naccy Nelly Evvaferra Lovelly Anne Robberth Niathalia Sherawinnie |
| Team kata | Japan Saori Ishibashi Chiho Mizukami Sae Taira | Vietnam Lê Thị Khánh Ly Lưu Thị Thu Uyên Nguyễn Ngọc Trâm Nguyễn Thị Phương | Indonesia Magfirah Syamsul Alam Nadya Baharuddin Nur Rizka Fauziah |
| Kumite −50 kg | Tsang Yee Ting Hong Kong | Moldir Zhangbyrbay Kazakhstan | Hawraa Al-Ajmi United Arab Emirates |
| Kumite −50 kg | Tsang Yee Ting Hong Kong | Moldir Zhangbyrbay Kazakhstan | Sara Bahmanyar Iran |
| Kumite −55 kg | Ku Tsui-ping Chinese Taipei | Gulmira Ussenova Kazakhstan | Fatemeh Saadati Iran |
| Kumite −55 kg | Ku Tsui-ping Chinese Taipei | Gulmira Ussenova Kazakhstan | Rina Kodo Japan |
| Kumite −61 kg | Atousa Golshadnejad Iran | Sarah Al-Ameri United Arab Emirates | Zakiah Adnan Malaysia |
| Kumite −61 kg | Atousa Golshadnejad Iran | Sarah Al-Ameri United Arab Emirates | Gong Li China |
| Kumite −68 kg | Ceyco Georgia Zefanya Indonesia | Li Qiaoqiao China | Kanna Nagai Japan |
| Kumite −68 kg | Ceyco Georgia Zefanya Indonesia | Li Qiaoqiao China | Joud Al-Drous Jordan |
| Kumite +68 kg | Sofya Berultseva Kazakhstan | Văng Thị Ngọc Mỹ Vietnam | Yu Yan-yi Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite +68 kg | Sofya Berultseva Kazakhstan | Văng Thị Ngọc Mỹ Vietnam | Dessyinta Rakawuni Banurea Indonesia |
| Team kumite | Vietnam Đinh Thị Hương Hoàng Thị Mỹ Tâm Nguyễn Thị Ngoan Văng Thị Ngọc Mỹ | Iran Leila Borjali Atousa Golshadnejad Mobina Heidari Mobina Kaviani | China Ding Jiamei Gong Li Li Qiaoqiao Xu Qiqi |
| Team kumite | Vietnam Đinh Thị Hương Hoàng Thị Mỹ Tâm Nguyễn Thị Ngoan Văng Thị Ngọc Mỹ | Iran Leila Borjali Atousa Golshadnejad Mobina Heidari Mobina Kaviani | Chinese Taipei Chao Jou Chen Tzu-yun Ku Tsui-ping Yu Yan-yi |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Jordan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Vietnam | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | China | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 |