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Yuki Kurihara, a 11-year-old from Japan, won gold at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya by defeating opponents up to three times his age in Puyo Puyo Champions, a puzzle game where players clear screens of colored blobs. Despite feeling embarrassed and not showing much emotion during his victory over South Korea’s Kang Dongshin, Kurihara expressed happiness upon receiving his gold medal. He began competing professionally at the young age of six and now holds the record as Japan's youngest Asian Games athlete in history.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-26,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
11-year-old Japanese player Yuki Kurihara made history by winning a gold medal at the Asian Games in Puyo Puyo Champions, an e-sports event similar to Tetris. He defeated South Korea's Kang Dongshin 10-2 in the final on Saturday. Prior to this match, he had already beaten Thailand’s Tanarak Wongkitkun 10-1 and other opponents almost three times his age during group stage matches. Kurihara trains eight hours daily while maintaining good school grades. He has been competing since kindergarten and eats eel for training. With this victory, Kurihara is believed to be the youngest gold medalist in Asian Games history, surpassing Indonesia's Bunga Nyimas who won bronze at age 12 in 2018.
Written for “Eel Prodigy Wins Esports Gold” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 3 other(s) covering the same event.
Japan’s 11-year-old e-sports prodigy Yuki Kurihara said he was “embarrassed” after winning Asian Games gold on Saturday by thrashing a series of opponents up to three times his age.
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The bespectacled primary school student, believed to be the youngest competitor at the games in Aichi-Nagoya, won the Puyo Puyo Champions final 10-2.
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Puyo Puyo Champions is a puzzle game where players try to clear their screen of coloured blobs by lining them up and popping them.
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Looking unruffled throughout, Kurihara waltzed into the gold medal match with a string of dazzling displays.
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He crushed Thailand’s Tanarak Wongkitkun – a relative veteran at 28 – 10-1 in the semifinals to ensure at least a silver medal.
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He did not even smile after beating South Korea’s 24-year-old Kang Dongshin in the final, having gone down 1-0 early on.
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“To be completely honest, I felt a bit embarrassed, so I couldn’t really show my expressions or change my face much,” he explained.
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Standing on the podium, he bowed slightly as he received his gold medal and gave a small wave to the arena.
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“I’m really happy.
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The gold medal is really beautiful, shiny and heavy,” he said.
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“Also, the plush toy is super cute, and it’s cool that it is gold-coloured too.”
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Kurihara started playing Puyo Puyo in his first year of primary school and soon started competing and winning in tournaments.
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He obtained his pro licence in April this year and regularly beats adults.
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“It’s hard having to balance it with school and cram school, but it’s really fun,” he said ahead of the games.
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There are no publicly available records of the youngest medallists in the history of the Asian Games, which were first contested in 1951.
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But Indonesia’s Bunga Nyimas won bronze in women’s skateboarding aged 12 in Jakarta in 2018.
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Cui Chenxi, 13, won games gold when she triumphed in the women’s street skateboarding event three years ago in Hangzhou.
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