Olympic Athlete Appeals for Unity After Being Target of Anti-Asian Rant in OC
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Sakura Kokumai (front, second from right) visited the Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu of Little Tokyo dojo in March 2019 to train and share experience with students and head instructor Art Ishii, seated to her right. (MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS/Rafu Shimpo)
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Sakura Kokumai, a karateka who will represent the U.S. in the Tokyo Olympics, was verbally attacked while training in an Orange County park.
Kokumai, 28, was working out in Grijalva Park in Orange when the incident occurred. She was talking on the phone with a friend and recorded videos of her assailant, which she posted on Instagram.