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Koji Arimoto (在本幸司, Arimoto Koji, born 20 July 1991) is a Japanese karateka. He is a two-time gold medalist in the men's team kata event at the World Karate Championships (2012 and 2021).

Career
She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria. In the final, she lost against Alexandra Recchia of France. In 2017, she repeated this result with the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland. The gold medal also went to Alexandra Recchia.

At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event. A few days later, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2018 World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan. A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event. In the final, she lost against Bakhriniso Babaeva of Uzbekistan.

In August 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, she competed in the women's 55 kg event. In November 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.