Ryunosuke Haga

Ryunosuke Haga
Personal information
Born (1991-04-28) 28 April 1991
Miyazaki, Japan
Home townTokyo, Japan
Alma materTokai University
OccupationJudoka
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍100 kg
Rank     4th dan black belt
ClubAsahi Kasei
Coached byKosei Inoue, Keiji Suzuki
Retired20 January 2025[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2016)
World Champ. (2015)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍100 kg
World Championships
2015 Astana ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2015 Tokyo ‍–‍100 kg
2019 Osaka ‍–‍100 kg
2014 Tyumen ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2015 Düsseldorf ‍–‍100 kg
2017 Hohhot ‍–‍100 kg
2014 Budapest ‍–‍100 kg
2010 Qingdao ‍–‍100 kg
World Juniors Championships
2010 Agadir ‍–‍100 kg
Summer Universiade
2011 Shenzhen ‍–‍100 kg
2011 Shenzhen Men's team
Profile at external databases
IJF3623
JudoInside.com70366
Updated on 24 May 2023

Ryunosuke Haga (羽賀 龍之介, Haga Ryunosuke; born 28 April 1991) is a male Japanese retired[1] judoka and 2015 world champion in the under 100 kg division. His favoured technique is Uchi Mata.[2]

Born in Miyazaki, Haga started judo at the age of 5.[2] He won the gold medal in the ‍–‍100 kg weight class at the 2010 World Juniors Championships in Agadir.[2]

In 2011, Haga won the Shenzhen Universiade.[2] In 2015, he won the gold medal in the Half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the 2015 World Championships.[3]

Haga won the 2015 Tokyo Grand Slam and the 2015 Düsseldorf Grand Prix.[4][5]

Bronze medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics.[6]

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.[7] Furthermore, he maintains a decade-long friendship with Ōzeki Kirishima Tetsuo, a professional sumo wrestler.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "[News/Interview] Ryunosuke Haga announces retirement from active competition: "It was a good judo career"". eJudo (in Japanese). 21 January 2025. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "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.
  3. ^ 【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
  4. ^ "Grand Slam Tokyo 2015".
  5. ^ "Grand Prix Dusseldorf 2015".
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ ""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.
  8. ^ "「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.