# 2018 Asian Karate Championships

The 2018 Asian Karate Championships were the 15th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Amman, Jordan from July 13 to July 15, 2018.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Wang Yi-ta Chinese Taipei | Salman Al-Mosawi Kuwait |
| Individual kata | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Wang Yi-ta Chinese Taipei | Chris Cheng Hong Kong |
| Team kata | Japan Arata Kinjo Ryo Kiyuna Takuya Uemura | Malaysia Thomson Hoe Emmanuel Leong Ivan Oh | Kuwait Mohammad Al-Mosawi Salman Al-Mosawi Mohammad Bader |
| Team kata | Japan Arata Kinjo Ryo Kiyuna Takuya Uemura | Malaysia Thomson Hoe Emmanuel Leong Ivan Oh | United Arab Emirates Khalifa Al-Abbar Amin Al-Awadhi Marwan Al-Maazmi |
| Kumite −55 kg | Majid Hassannia Iran | Saud Al-Basher Saudi Arabia | Daulet Shymyrbekov Kazakhstan |
| Kumite −55 kg | Majid Hassannia Iran | Saud Al-Basher Saudi Arabia | Prem Kumar Selvam Malaysia |
| Kumite −60 kg | Abdullah Shaaban Kuwait | Nguyễn Văn Hải Vietnam | Siravit Sawangsri Thailand |
| Kumite −60 kg | Abdullah Shaaban Kuwait | Nguyễn Văn Hải Vietnam | Sadriddin Saymatov Uzbekistan |
| Kumite −67 kg | Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Jordan | Fahad Al-Khathami Saudi Arabia | Ikboljon Uzakov Uzbekistan |
| Kumite −67 kg | Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Jordan | Fahad Al-Khathami Saudi Arabia | Assylbek Muratov Kazakhstan |
| Kumite −75 kg | Bashar Al-Najjar Jordan | Ali Asghar Asiabari Iran | Raef Al-Turkistani Saudi Arabia |
| Kumite −75 kg | Bashar Al-Najjar Jordan | Ali Asghar Asiabari Iran | Sandy Firmansyah Indonesia |
| Kumite −84 kg | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Mahmoud Sajan Jordan | Mehdi Khodabakhshi Iran |
| Kumite −84 kg | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Mahmoud Sajan Jordan | Faraj Al-Nashri Saudi Arabia |
| Kumite +84 kg | Saleh Abazari Iran | Hideyoshi Kagawa Japan | Teerawat Kangtong Thailand |
| Kumite +84 kg | Saleh Abazari Iran | Hideyoshi Kagawa Japan | Tareg Hamedi Saudi Arabia |
| Team kumite | Iran Saleh Abazari Bahman Askari Keivan Baban Sajjad Ganjzadeh Saman Heidari Mehdi Khodabakhshi Zabihollah Pourshab | Saudi Arabia Majed Al-Khalifah Fahad Al-Khathami Faraj Al-Nashri Bader Al-Otaibi Raef Al-Turkistani Sultan Al-Zahrani Tareg Hamedi | Japan Ryutaro Araga Masaya Ishizuka Hideyoshi Kagawa Yuta Mori Ken Nishimura Hiroto Shinohara Daisuke Watanabe |
| Team kumite | Iran Saleh Abazari Bahman Askari Keivan Baban Sajjad Ganjzadeh Saman Heidari Mehdi Khodabakhshi Zabihollah Pourshab | Saudi Arabia Majed Al-Khalifah Fahad Al-Khathami Faraj Al-Nashri Bader Al-Otaibi Raef Al-Turkistani Sultan Al-Zahrani Tareg Hamedi | Kazakhstan Igor Chikhmarev German Kossenko Assylbek Muratov Rinat Sagandykov Nurtiles Tynysbek Dimash Ukmatov Ruslan Yesmakhanbet |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Celine Lee Malaysia | Nawar Kautsar Mastura Indonesia |
| Individual kata | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Celine Lee Malaysia | Grace Lau Hong Kong |
| Team kata | Japan Saori Ishibashi Mai Mugiyama Sae Taira | Malaysia Chang Sin Yi Khaw Yee Voon Celine Lee | Iran Najmeh Ghazizadeh Shadi Jafarizadeh Elnaz Taghipour |
| Team kata | Japan Saori Ishibashi Mai Mugiyama Sae Taira | Malaysia Chang Sin Yi Khaw Yee Voon Celine Lee | Vietnam Lê Thị Nghi Nguyễn Thị Hằng Nguyễn Thị Phương |
| Kumite −50 kg | Miho Miyahara Japan | Li Ranran China | Tsang Yee Ting Hong Kong |
| Kumite −50 kg | Miho Miyahara Japan | Li Ranran China | Gu Shiau-shuang Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −55 kg | Wen Tzu-yun Chinese Taipei | Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani Indonesia | Tippawan Khamsi Thailand |
| Kumite −55 kg | Wen Tzu-yun Chinese Taipei | Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani Indonesia | Aruzhan Mukhtar Kazakhstan |
| Kumite −61 kg | Yin Xiaoyan China | Nguyễn Thị Ngoan Vietnam | Shima Alesaadi Iran |
| Kumite −61 kg | Yin Xiaoyan China | Nguyễn Thị Ngoan Vietnam | Intan Nurjanah Indonesia |
| Kumite −68 kg | Kayo Someya Japan | Hồ Thị Thu Hiền Vietnam | Ceyco Georgia Zefanya Indonesia |
| Kumite −68 kg | Kayo Someya Japan | Hồ Thị Thu Hiền Vietnam | Tang Lingling China |
| Kumite +68 kg | Hamideh Abbasali Iran | Wen Tzu-hsuan Chinese Taipei | Ayumi Uekusa Japan |
| Kumite +68 kg | Hamideh Abbasali Iran | Wen Tzu-hsuan Chinese Taipei | Paula Carion Macau |
| Team kumite | Japan Natsumi Kawamura Ayaka Saito Mayumi Someya Ayumi Uekusa | Kazakhstan Alexandra Budkina Aruzhan Mukhtar Assel Serikova Gulmira Ussenova | Vietnam Bùi Thị Ngọc Hân Hồ Thị Thu Hiền Nguyễn Thị Hồng Anh Nguyễn Thị Ngoan |
| Team kumite | Japan Natsumi Kawamura Ayaka Saito Mayumi Someya Ayumi Uekusa | Kazakhstan Alexandra Budkina Aruzhan Mukhtar Assel Serikova Gulmira Ussenova | China Ding Jiamei Gao Mengmeng Tang Lingling Yin Xiaoyan |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Iran | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | China | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Vietnam | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Macau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 |