OHHARA Hiroto

Date of Birth: 14 Nov 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Place of birth: ICHINOMIYA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : CHIBA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Surfing	Men	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach	Men's Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach	Men's Round 3 - Heat 6 JPN OHHARA HOHHARA Hiroto 10.00 PER TUDELA MTUDELA Miguel 9.63	Finished
	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach	Men's Quarterfinals - Heat 3 BRA FERREIRA IFERREIRA Italo 16.30 JPN OHHARA HOHHARA Hiroto 11.90	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Surfing Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Shortboard	2021	El Sunzal, ESA	6.83
9	Shortboard	2018	Tahara, JPN	12.53
11	Shortboard	2019	Miyazaki, JPN	10.37

WSL Championship Tour (Ranking)

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
39	Shortboard	2017		1750
45	Shortboard	2018		420

WSL Championship Tour overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Shortboard
2018	1 x 30th
2017	1 x 13th

WSL Championship Tour - Ten best performances in last Olympic cycle

Rank	Year	Event	Location
13	2017	Shortboard	San Clemente, CA, USA
30	2018	Shortboard	Lemoore, CA, USA

Fishing, making YouTube videos, surfing. (Instagram profile, 07 May 2021; sponichi.co.jp, 30 Jan 2018; Twitter profile, 07 Jun 2021; daily.co.jp, 08 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Wade Sharp [national], RSA

Sporting relatives:

His sister Sari Ohhara is a professional bodyboarder. (surfertoday.com, 08 Sep 2015; Sari Ohhara Instagram profile, 09 Jul 2019; worldsurfleague.com, 20 Jun 2017)

He began surfing at age eight at Tsurigasaki beach in Japan. (hiroto-ohhara.com, 08 Jun 2019; sponichi.co.jp, 30 Jan 2018; daily.co.jp, 08 Jun 2021)

He was influenced by his parents, whose hobby was surfing. His father moved the family from Tokyo to Chiba in order to have better beach access. (hiroto-ohhara.com, 08 Jun 2019; worldsurfleague.com, 20 Jun 2017; tv-tokyo.co.jp, 13 May 2019; olympics.com, 18 Feb 2021)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympics.com, 23 Jul 2018; daily.co.jp, 08 Jun 2021)

He trains in Hawaii, United States of America. (YouTube channel, 22 May 2021)

Australian surfer Julian Wilson, Japanese footballers Hidetoshi Nakata and Yuto Nagatomo. (surfclub.jp, 27 Jul 2018; surfmagazine.jp, 31 May 2019)

His father. (tv-tokyo.co.jp, 13 May 2019)

He was presented with the Male Surfer of the Year Award at the 2016 and 2018 Japan Action Sports Awards. (prtimes.jp,m 18 Mar 2016; surfnews.jp, 20 Mar 2018)

Milestones

He became the first Japanese surfer to win the US Open in Huntington Beach, CA, United States of America, when he claimed victory at the 2015 edition. (monsterenergy.com, 02 Jun 2016; surfline.com, 27 Jul 2018)

He became the first Japanese surfer to win the National Scholastic Surfing Association [NSSA] West Coast Championships in Huntington Beach, CA, when he claimed victory at the 2012 edition. (surfclub.jp, 27 Jul 2018; surfline.com, 22 May 2012)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/hiroto.oohara
https://instagram.com/hirotoohhara/
https://twitter.com/Hirotoohhara
Twitter Profile 2: https://twitter.com/hirotoohara1
Athlete Website: https://hiroto-ohhara.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChz_hg4rufp2_4fOi_QuPMw?app=desktop

Legend

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

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