Ryuju Nagayama

Ryuju Nagayama
Personal information
Native name永山竜樹
Born (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996
Bibai, Hokkaido, Japan
OccupationJudoka
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍60 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2024)
World Champ. (2025)
Asian Champ. (2022)
Highest world ranking1st[1][2]
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Mixed team
2024 Paris ‍–‍60 kg
World Championships
2025 Budapest ‍–‍60 kg
2018 Baku ‍–‍60 kg
2019 Tokyo ‍–‍60 kg
Asian Championships
2022 Nur‑Sultan ‍–‍60 kg
World Masters
2017 Saint Petersburg ‍–‍60 kg
2019 Qingdao ‍–‍60 kg
2023 Budapest ‍–‍60 kg
2022 Jerusalem ‍–‍60 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2016 Tokyo ‍–‍60 kg
2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍60 kg
2018 Düsseldorf ‍–‍60 kg
2018 Osaka ‍–‍60 kg
2019 Düsseldorf ‍–‍60 kg
2020 Paris ‍–‍60 kg
2021 Tashkent ‍–‍60 kg
2022 Paris ‍–‍60 kg
2022 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍60 kg
2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍60 kg
2023 Tokyo ‍–‍60 kg
2025 Baku ‍–‍60 kg
2016 Baku ‍–‍60 kg
2019 Osaka ‍–‍60 kg
2024 Tokyo ‍–‍60 kg
2017 Tokyo ‍–‍60 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2018 Budapest ‍–‍60 kg
World Juniors Championships
2015 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍60 kg
Asian Junior Championships
2012 Taipei ‍–‍55 kg
World Cadets Championships
2011 Kyiv ‍–‍50 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF7350
JudoInside.com79486
Updated on 15 June 2025

Ryuju Nagayama (Japanese: 永山竜樹, romanized: Nagayama Ryuju; born 15 April 1996) is a Japanese judoka[3] and judo World Champion.

He participated at the 2018[4] and 2019 World Championships, winning bronze medals in both. He then won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France,[5] and one year later the gold medal in that same weight category at the 2025 World Championships.

References

  1. ^ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 3 March 2025. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  2. ^ "World Ranking List, Men –60 kg". International Judo Federation. 3 March 2025. Archived from the original on 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Ryuju NAGAYAMA / IJF.org". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. ^ "2018 World Judo Championships –60 kg results". 26 September 2018 [2018-09-26]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  5. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (27 July 2024). "Judo: Yeldos Smetov and Natsumi Tsunoda secure Olympic gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2024.


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