Ryunosuke_Haga

Ryunosuke Haga

Ryunosuke Haga

Japanese judoka (born 1991)

Ryunosuke Haga (羽賀 龍之介, Haga Ryunosuke, born 28 April 1991) is a male Japanese judoka who became world champion in the under 100 kg division in 2015. His favoured technique is Uchi Mata.[1]

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Born in Miyazaki, Haga started judo at the age of 5.[1] In 2010, he won the gold medal in the -100 kg weight class at the World Judo Championships Juniors in Agadir.[1]

In 2011, Haga won the Universiade in Shenzhen.[1] In 2015, he won the gold medal in the Half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the 2015 World Judo Championships.[2]

He won the Grand Slam Tokyo and Grand Prix Düsseldorf in 2015.[3][4]

Bronze medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics.[5]

Haga's father, Yoshio, was also a judoka. Like his father who was a winner of the Kodokan Cup, he won the competition in 2010 and 2011.[6] Furthermore, he maintains a decade-long friendship with Ōzeki Kirishima Tetsuo, a professional sumo wrestler.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "近代柔道 2015年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑 2015 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 April 2015.
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    【世界柔道】羽賀「金」！復活の男子100キロ級5年ぶりメダル Archived 1 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine　Sports Hochi　29 August 2015
  3. [3]
    "Grand Slam Tokyo 2015".
  4. [4]
    "Grand Prix Dusseldorf 2015".
  5. [5]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ryunosuke Haga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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    ""Haga on Top of World at 100 Kg" - The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo, Japan), August 31, 2015". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  7. [7]
    "「羽賀さん」「霧ちゃん」と呼び合う仲　不振にあえぐ大関霧島を陰ながら応援するオリンピアン" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.


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