TAKATANI Sohsuke

Japan
Wrestling
5 Apr 1989
32
Male
KYOTANGO
 
Japan

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WRE Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86kg 10

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Followed by 		Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C
Men's Freestyle 86kg 1/8 Final
#191
TUR
GOCEN OGOCEN Osman
2
VPO1
JPN
TAKATANI STAKATANI Sohsuke
2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
7Freestyle 74kg2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
15Freestyle 74kg2012London, GBR

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Freestyle 74kg2014Tashkent, UZB
7Freestyle 74kg2013Budapest, HUN
8Freestyle 74kg2017Paris, FRA
10Freestyle 86kg2019Nur-Sultan, KAZ
11Freestyle 79kg2018Budapest, HUN
14Freestyle 74kg2015Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ranking Series
RankEventYearLocation
11Freestyle 79kg2018Budapest, HUN

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
3Men's Team2018Iowa City, IA, USA
4Men's Team2019Yakutsk, RUS
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Tackle Prince (Simon Sports Channel YouTube channel, 13 Jan 2021; Twitter profile, 06 Jun 2021)
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Athlete, Office Worker
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Economics, Policy Studies - Takushoku University, Tokyo, JPN
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Japanese
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ALSOK [Japan]
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Masanori Ohashi [club], JPN; Kenji Inoue [national], JPN
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His younger brother Daichi has represented Japan in freestyle wrestling. He won silver in the 65kg category at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, and bronze in 74kg at the 2020 Asian Championships in New Delhi, India. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Jun 2021; nikkansports.com, 22 Mar 2016; nikkei.com, 24 Jun 2014; db.japan-wrestling.jp, 20 Dec 2020)
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2008 for Japan, Olympic Qualification Tournament in Poland (japan-wrestling.jp, 04 Mar 2016)
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He began wrestling in grade six of primary school in Kyotango, Japan. (Simon Sports Channel YouTube channel, 13 Jan 2021; sponichi.co.jp, 08 May 2021)
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He originally got involved in karate while in primary school and earned a black belt. However, his father encouraged him to take up wrestling alongside his two brothers, who had already competed in the sport. "I wasn't really into wrestling. But there weren't many karate tournaments, so one day I participated in a wrestling tournament. When I won at my first event, my coach told me that I wouldn't be able to quit the sport. At that time, my older brother's best result was finishing second." (Simon Sports Channel YouTube channel, 13 Jan 2021)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 02 Apr 2021; hochi.news, 08 May 2021)
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Coach Shigeki Nishiguchi. (hochi.news, 08 May 2021)
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He received an Excellence Award at the 2012 Kyoto Sports Award Ceremony in Japan. (spogaku.pref.kyoto.lg.jp, 2012)

General Interest

General
CHANGE OF CATEGORIES
He moved up from the 74kg category to 79kg in 2017, and the following year switched to 86kg ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He also competed in the 92kg class at the 2020 All Japan Championships in Tokyo. "The 79kg class was a safety net for sparring in the 86kg class, as I wouldn't be able to win a power struggle in the 86kg. However, our physical trainer, Isao Matsue, gave a lecture on how to use the body and how to fight, so the action in the 86kg has become quite familiar. I don't think it's a mere dream to win a gold in Tokyo." (db.japan-wrestling.jp, 10 May 2021; chunichi.co.jp, 08 May 2021; japan-wrestling.jp, 29 Dec 2018; hochi.news, 08 May 2021; number.bunshun.jp, 11 May 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has also studied for a postgraduate degree in sports and health system management at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. (Facebook profile, 31 Mar 2020; Twitter profile, 19 May 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
VPO1:
Victory by points - with point(s) scored by the opponent
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