Sena Irie (入江 聖奈, Irie Sena, born 9 October 2000)[2] is a Japanese retired[3] amateur boxer who won a gold medal in the inaugural women's featherweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

[4] She became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing.

[6] Irie was inspired to box from the sports manga television series Ganbare Genki, which features a character who wants to become a boxer.

[7] At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Irie beat Karriss Artingstall of Great Britain in the semi-finals of the women's featherweight, and then went on to beat Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines in the final to win the gold medal.

[10][11] Irie later stated that she would retire from boxing after graduating,[7] with plans to work for a company making video games.