Kenji Bravo

Club: Massialas Foundation
Coach: Greg Massialas
Family: Parents Joe Bravo and Rika Ueda, brother Nobuo Bravo
Hobbies: Listening to music, traveling to experience new cultures, cooking and trying new food everywhere he goes, going on trips with friends
How He Started Fencing: His older brother fenced
His Favorite Fencing Memory: Winning the Cadet World Championships with his brother supporting him the whole way
Who Has Influenced his Career: His brother has probably been his biggest inspiration and mentor. Also, having Alexander Massialas and Gerek Meinhardt at the club gave him people to look up to and goals to reach
Something You May Be Surprised to Know: He speaks three languages fluently (English, Chinese and Japanese)
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 2 (Junior), No. 13 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 9 (Junior)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2021 (Silver - Team), 2020, 2019, 2018 (Bronze - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2018 (Gold)
Youth Olympic Games Teams: 2018 (Silver - Individual, Bronze - Mixed Team)

Results

2021:

• Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
• Seventh - Junior World Championships (Individual)

2020:

• Gold - January North American Cup (Junior)
• Silver - Sabadell Junior World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - Sabadell Junior World Cup (Individual)
• Fifth - San Jose Junior World Cup
• Fifth - January North American Cup (Division I)
• Ninth - Aix-En-Provence Junior World Cup
• 22nd - Leszno Junior World Cup

2019:

• Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
• Silver - Sabadell Junior World Cup
• Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
• Bronze - Aix-En-Provence Junior World Cup (Team)
• Fourth - Junior World Championships (Team)
• 11th - January North American Cup (Junior)
• 12th - January North American Cup (Division I)
• 12th - December North American Cup (Division I)
• 16th - July Challenge (Division I)
• 17th - Leszno Junior World Cup
• 21st - Aix-en-Provence Junior World Cup (Individual)
• 21st - October North American Cup (Division I)
• 22nd - November North American Cup (Junior)
• 33rd - Junior World Championships (Individual)
• 51st - July Challenge (Junior)
• 52nd - London Junior World Cup

2018:

• Gold - Cadet World Championships
• Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
• Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
• Silver - Youth Olympic Games (Individual)
• Silver - Bangkok Junior World Cup (Individual)
• Silver - January North American Cup (Division I)
• Bronze - Junior World Championships (Team)
• Bronze - Youth Olympic Games (Mixed Team)
• Bronze - Terrassa Junior World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - July Challenge (Junior)
• Fifth - Terrassa Junior World Cup (Individual)
• Fifth - Bangkok Junior World Cup (Team)
• Sixth - January North American Cup (Junior)
• 17th - July Challenge (Division I)
• 21st- London Junior World Cup
• 22nd - December North American Cup (Division I)
• 29th - Anaheim Grand Prix

2017:

• Gold - Budapest Cadet European Cup (Team)
• Gold - November North American Cup (Cadet)
• Gold - October North American Cup (Cadet)
• Silver - Cadet Pan American Championships
• Silver - Cabries Cadet European Cup
• Silver - Aix-en-Provence Junior World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - Havana Junior World Cup
• Bronze - July Challenge (Cadet)
• Bronze - July Challenge (Junior)
• Bronze - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
• Fifth - January North American Cup (Junior)
• Sixth - Budapest Cadet European Cup (Individual)
• Sixth - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
• 10th - November North American Cup (Junior)
• 14th - Bangkok Junior World Cup
• 14th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
• 15th - December North American Cup (Division I)
• 19th - Pisa Cadet European Cup
• 27th - July Challenge (Division I)
• 40th - London Junior World Cup
• 50th - October North American Cup (Division I)
• 55th - Aix-en-Provence Junior World Cup (Individual)

2016:

• Gold - Cabries Cadet European Cup (Team)
• Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
• Gold - July Challenge (Cadet)
• Silver - November North American Cup (Cadet)
• Silver - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
• Bronze - October North American Cup (Cadet)
• Fifth - November North American Cup (Junior)
• Sixth - Budapest Cadet European Cup
• 10th - Pisa Cadet European Cup
• 13th - December Division I Foil North American Cup (Division I)
• 15th - July Challenge (Junior)
• 20th - July Challenge (Division I)
• 27th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
• 30th - October North American Cup (Division I)
• 37th - Moedling Cadet European Cup
• 58th - Cabries Cadet European Cup (Individual)

2015:

• Silver - November North American Cup (Cadet)
• Seventh - October North American Cup (Cadet)
• 12th - Cabries Cadet European Cup
• 21st - Halle Cadet European Cup
• 22nd - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
• 27th - November North American Cup (Junior)
• 36th - July Challenge (Cadet)
• 38th - October North American Cup (Division I)
• 47th - Budapest Cadet European Cup
• 51st - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)

2014:

• Silver - July North American Cup (Y12)
• Bronze - March North American Cup (Y12)
• 11th - November North American Cup (Y14)
• 17th - March North American Cup (Y14)
• 19th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
• 19th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
• 21st - November North American Cup (Cadet)

2013:

• Fifth - July North American Cup (Y12)
• Ninth - October North American Cup (Y14)
• 44th - January North American Cup (Y14)
• 57th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)

2012:

• 17th - July North American Cup (Y10)
• 31st - July North American Cup (Y12)

2011:

• 17th - North American Cup E (Y10)
• 26th - North American Cup F (Y10)
• 31st - North American Cup F (Y12)
• 34th - North American Cup E (Y12)

2010:

• 41st - North American Cup G (Y10)