Sorato Anraku (安楽宙斗, ''Anraku Sorato'', born November 14, 2006) is a Japanese

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who specializes in competition climbing, and

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and

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in particular. In 2023, Anraku became the first climber to win both the Lead Overall World Cup and Boulder Overall World Cup in his debut senior season. He also won gold in the combined boulder and lead event at the 2022 Asian Games, held in October 2023.

Climbing career

Before 2023, Anraku competed in youth international competition climbing. In 2023, Anraku made his senior international competition climbing debut, opening the year with a fifth-place finish in bouldering at the Hachioji World Cup. He went on to win his first medal by placing second in the bouldering discipline at the

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World Cup in May. This was followed by his first-place bouldering finish at the

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World Cup in June, where he was also given the men's Boulder 2023 title. He went on to claim his first senior World Cup lead medal with a bronze in Chamonix in July, followed by a first-place finish at Briançon later in July, and second place at

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in August, both in lead. He followed this up with two more first-place finishes at the

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and Wujiang World Cups, both in September, following which he was also given the men's Lead 2023 title. In October, shortly after his performance in Wujiang, he also won gold in the men's combined sport climbing event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in his Asian Games debut. He participated in the 2023 Asian Sport Climbing Olympic Qualifier, held in

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in November, where he placed first in the men's competition and qualified for the

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Rankings

IFSC Climbing World Cup

IFSC Climbing World Championships

Youth Senior

Number of medals at the IFSC Climbing World Cup

Bouldering

Lead

References

2006 births Living people Japanese rock climbers IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture Boulder climbers Japanese competition climbers Sport climbers at the 2022 Asian Games Sport climbers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in sport climbing Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games

External links

JMSCA profile
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