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Kaye Furo

Kaye Furo (Kaye Furo Tamuno Iyowuna), Belgian centre-forward born 2007; Club Brugge academy product, 2026 Belgian champion, signed by Brentford in January 2026; Belgium youth international also eligible for Nigeria.

Kaye Hall

Kaye Hall (Kaye Marie Hall-Greff, born 1951, Tacoma, Washington), American swimmer; 1968 Olympic gold in 100 m backstroke (world record 1:06.2) and medley relay, bronze in 200 m backstroke; first woman under 1:00 for 100-yard backstroke.

Kayfabe

Kayfabe: professional wrestling's convention of presenting staged matches and storylines as real, once a strict code of silence rooted in carnival culture, now a shared suspension of disbelief that performers and fans maintain and occasionally break.

Kayla Harrison

Kayla Harrison, American judoka and MMA fighter; two-time Olympic judo gold medalist (2012, 2016), two-time PFL women's lightweight champion, and UFC women's bantamweight champion since June 2025.

Kayla McBride

Kayla McBride (born 1992, Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American WNBA guard, Minnesota Lynx, drafted 3rd overall in 2014 by San Antonio; five-time All-Star, WNBA-record 10 threes in a game, 5th all-time in threes made.

Kaylee Countryman

Kaylee Countryman (born 2010, Chandler, Arizona) is an American racing driver, not the USAC racer Kaylee Bryson. In 2026 she races F1 Academy for ART Grand Prix with Haas backing, 14th with 14 points, plus a partial USF2000 season with Exclusive Autosport.

Kaylee Hunter

Kaylee Marie Hunter (born 2008, Calgary) is a Canadian forward for AFC Toronto in the Northern Super League; 2025 NSL Rookie of the Year, Canada U-20 hat-trick scorer vs France at the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Kaylia Nemour

Kaylia Nemour (كيليا نمور), born 2006, Algerian artistic gymnast and uneven bars specialist; 2024 Olympic bars champion, first African Olympic gymnastics medalist, 2023 and 2025 world bars medalist, eponymous 'Nemour' skill.

Kaylin Whitney

Kaylin Whitney (born 1998, Kissimmee, Florida) is an American sprinter and 4x400m relay runner; Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold and bronze medalist, 2022 world relay champion, former world youth best holder at 100m and 200m.

Kaylyn Brown

Kaylyn Brown (born 2004) is an American 400m sprinter from Charlotte, NC, at the University of Arkansas. She won 4x400m relay gold and mixed 4x400m silver at Paris 2024, setting the 3:07.41 mixed relay world record.

Kayne van Oevelen

Kayne van Oevelen (born 2003, Zaandam) is a Dutch goalkeeper, 1.99 m, ex-FC Volendam, record sale to Ipswich Town in 2026, now on loan at Valencia CF.

Kaysar

Kaysar (Қайсар), FC Kaysar Kyzylorda, Kazakh football club founded 1968 in Kyzylorda; two-time Kazakhstan Cup winner (1998/99, 2019), plays at Kaysar Arena (11,000) and Muratbayev Stadium.

Kayserispor

Kayserispor, also known as Kayseri Spor Kulübü, is a Turkish professional football club founded in 1966 and based in Kayseri, where it plays at the Kadir Has stadium.

Kayvon Thibodeaux

Kayvon Thibodeaux, New York Giants outside linebacker No. 5, drafted fifth overall in 2022 from Oregon; 19 college sacks, unanimous All-American, 23.5 NFL sacks, JREAM Foundation founder.

Kazakhstan national football team

Kazakhstan national football team (KFF), UEFA member since 2002 after AFC years 1994-2002; never qualified for a World Cup or Euro; Astana Arena home; coach John van 't Schip.

Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Premier League (Казахстанская Премьер-Лига), Kazakhstan's top men's football division since 1992; UEFA member since 2002; Kairat Almaty reigning champion, FC Astana record 7 titles.

Kazimierz Deyna

Kazimierz Deyna (1947-1989), Polish footballer, Legia Warszawa midfielder, 1972 Olympic gold and 1974 World Cup bronze, 91 caps, died in a San Diego car crash.

Kazimierz Paździor

Kazimierz Paździor (1935–2010), Polish amateur lightweight boxer nicknamed 'filozof ringu'; Olympic gold at Rome 1960, European champion 1957, 179 wins in 194 bouts.

Kazım Ayvaz

Kazım Ayvaz (Kazim Ayvaz), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler, born Rize 1938, died Helsingborg 2020; world champion 1958 and 1962 and 1964 Tokyo Olympic lightweight gold medalist.

Kazuchika Okada (オカダ・カズチカ)

Kazuchika Okada (オカダ・カズチカ), "The Rainmaker", Japanese professional wrestler; five-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion with a record 720-day reign, first Japanese PWI 500 No. 1 (2017), NJPW star who joined AEW in 2024.

Kazuki Iimura

Kazuki Iimura (飯村一輝), Japanese foil fencer born 2003 in Kyoto; Paris 2024 Olympic team foil gold champion and 2023 Milan world team champion; Keio University student, NTT athlete.

Kazuki Yoshinaga (吉永一貴)

Kazuki Yoshinaga (吉永一貴, born 1999, Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese short track speed skater for Toyota Motor Corporation who competed at the PyeongChang 2018, Beijing 2022, and Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics and won the 2018 Calgary World Cup 1500 m.

Kazuma Kaya

Kazuma Kaya (萱和磨), Japanese artistic gymnast born 1996, Central Sports club, Juntendo PhD; Olympic team gold Paris 2024, team silver and pommel horse bronze Tokyo 2020, world team golds 2015 and 2023.

Kazuma Kiryu

Kazuma Kiryu (桐生一馬), the Dragon of Dojima, is SEGA's Yakuza/Like a Dragon series protagonist: a former Tojo Clan yakuza voiced by Takaya Kuroda, whose saga spans Yakuza (2005) through Infinite Wealth (2024).

Kazuma Okamoto (岡本和真)

Kazuma Okamoto (岡本和真), born 1996, is a Japanese infielder who starred 11 seasons for the Yomiuri Giants (248 HR, six-time NPB All-Star), won the 2023 WBC, and signed a four-year, $60 million Toronto Blue Jays contract in January 2026.

Kazuo Tomita

Kazuo Tomita (富田一雄, born 1 January 1939, Kurume, Japan), Japanese backstroke swimmer; bronze in 4x100 m medley relay at 1960 Rome Olympics, 1958 and 1962 Asian Games gold medalist, former medley relay world record holder.

Kazushi Sakuraba (桜庭和志)

Kazushi Sakuraba (桜庭和志), "The Gracie Hunter," Japanese catch wrestler and ex-UWFi pro wrestler who beat four Gracies in PRIDE, won UFC Japan 1997, and retired 26-17-1; 2017 UFC Hall of Fame Pioneer.

Kazuya Mishima

Kazuya Mishima (三島一八) is a fictional character in Bandai Namco's Tekken fighting game franchise, who defeated his father Heihachi and carries the Devil Gene.

Kazuya Nishimoto

Kazuya Nishimoto (born 1962) is a Japanese long-distance runner whose 1:28:46 for 30 km road (Kumamoto, 1985) was the Japanese national best until 2003; marathon best 2:12:41, Berlin 1990.