Sakura Motoki

Sakura Motoki (元木 咲良) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler competing in the 62 kg division.

Career
Sakura Motoki reached the semi-finals in the women's freestyle 59 kg category at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, by defeating Turkish Ebru Dağbaşı in the first round with a 5–0 lead and Alyona Kolesnik, competing for Azerbaijan, in the quarter-finals with a 6–0 lead. She lost to Anastasia Nichita from Moldova 7–5 in the semi-final. In the bronze medal match, she won the bronze medal by beating China's Zhang Qi with a pin while leading 7–0.

In 2023, she competed in the women's 62kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia and won the silver medal. She also won the silver medal in the women's 62kg event at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.