OKADA Keiju

Date of Birth: 2 Dec 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: KITAKYUSHU

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sailing	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 JPN Japan	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Enoshima	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 01 #1	Finished
Followed by	Enoshima	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 02 #2	Finished
	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 03 #3	Finished
Followed by	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 04 #4	Finished
	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 05 #5	Finished
Followed by	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 06 #6	Finished
	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 07 #7	Finished
Followed by	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 08 #8	Finished
	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 09 #9	Finished
Followed by	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 10 #10	Finished
	Enoshima	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Medal Race #11	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	470	2018	Aarhus, DEN

Class World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	470	2019	Enoshima, JPN
11	470	2021	Vilamoura, POR

Class North American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
24	470	2019	Miami, FL, USA
25	470	2020	Miami, FL, USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	470	2019	Enoshima, JPN
2	470	2020	Miami, FL, USA
3	470	2018	Marseille, FRA
4	470	2019	Genoa, ITA
10	470	2019	Miami, FL, USA
11	470	2020	Enoshima, JPN
11	470	2019	Marseille, FRA
12	470	2018	Hyeres, FRA

Class World Championships Juniors

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	470	2017	Enoshima, JPN

Driving, spending time in the mountains. (bgf.or.jp, 26 Sep 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Automotive Industry

Sports Science - Waseda University , Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Toyota Motor East Japan [Japan]

Kazuto Seki [club], JPN; Kenichi Nakamura [club], JPN; Kenji Nakamura [national], JPN

He took up the sport at age five at B&G Beppu Kaiyo Club in Japan. He began focusing on the 470 class after he started studying at Waseda University. (sponichi.co.jp, 11 Feb 2020; oita-press.co.jp, 05 Feb 2020)

He was taken to a sailing club by his father. (sponichi.co.jp, 11 Feb 2020)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (wasedasports.com, 04 Jul 2020)

Japanese sailor Yumiko Shige, who was also his coach at Karatsu Nishi High School. (bgf.or.jp, 03 Apr 2017)

General Interest

General
CREWMATE
He and Jumpei Hokazono began competing together in the 470 class in 2017. (saga-s.co.jp, 15 Jan 2020)

Milestones

He and Jumpei Hokazono became the first Japanese male sailors to win the 470 class at a World Cup event by claiming victory in 2018 in Enoshima, Japan. (saga-s.co.jp, 15 Jan 2020; joc.or.jp, 01 Sep 2019)

He and Naoya Kimura became the first Japanese male sailors to win gold in the 470 class at the world junior championships following their victory at the 2016 edition of the tournament in Kiel, Germany. (bgf.or.jp, 03 Apr 2017; 470.org, 26 Jun 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/keiju.okada.5
https://instagram.com/keijuokada/
International Federation Website: https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/biog.php?memberid=304052&js=1

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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