is a Japanese sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (

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) class. He shared gold medals with his partner

Yugo Yoshida is a Japanese 11sailor, who specializes in the two-person dinghy ( 470) class. He shared gold medals with his partner Ryunosuke Harada in the 470 class at the 2010 Asian Games, and later represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Throughout ...

in the 470 class at the 2010 Asian Games, and later the pair represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics. As throughout most of his sailing career, Harada currently trains for the ABeam Consulting Team under his personal coach and mentor Kazunori Komatsu. As of September 2013, Harada is ranked no. 190 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation. Harada and his partner and crew member

made their official debut at the 2010 Asian Games in

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, where they edged out the host nation's Wang Weidong and Deng Daokun by seven-points for the gold medal in the men's 470 class, accumulating a net score of 17 points. Harada qualified to compete in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Olympic Games by finishing sixth at

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in Barcelona, Spain. Teaming with Yoshida in the opening series, Harada skippered a spirited challenge on the fifth leg to deliver the Japanese duo a seventh spot in that leg, but they fell short of the medal race with an eighteenth-place finish on 131 net points.

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* * * * 1985 births Living people Japanese male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Japan Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Asian Games medalists in sailing Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Sailors at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Sportspeople from Nagasaki {{Japan-yachtracing-bio-stub