HIROSE Haruka

Date of Birth: 17 Jul 1979

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B3

Place of birth: MATSUYAMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : MATSUYAMA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Men -90 kg	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -90 kg Elimination Round of 16 #4 JPN HIROSE HHIROSE Haruka Sport Class: B3 10s1 IPP ALG CHETOUANE ACHETOUANE Abderrahmane Sport Class: B1 0s3	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -90 kg Quarterfinals #10 FRA LATCHOUMANAYA HLATCHOUMANAYA Helios Sport Class: B2 10 IPP JPN HIROSE HHIROSE Haruka Sport Class: B3 0s1	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -90 kg Final of Repechage B #28 BRA CAVALCANTE da SIL.CAVALCANTE da SILVA Arthur Sport Class: B1 10s1 IPP JPN HIROSE HHIROSE Haruka Sport Class: B3 0s2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
5	Men -100 kg	2008	Beijing, CHN
7	Men -60 kg	2008	Beijing, CHN
8	Men -90 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
9	Men -100 kg	2010	Antalya, TUR
13	Men -100 kg	2014	Colorado Springs, CO, USA
15	Men -90 kg	2018	Odivelas, POR
Asian Para Games
5	Men -90 kg	2018	Jakarta, INA

Haru-san (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Watching Japanese anime. (paralympic.org, 02 Aug 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach, Office Worker

Matsuyama Blind School, Matsuyama, JPN

Wife Junko Hirose [2015]

Languages spoken:

SMBC Nikko Securities [Japan]

Yoshiyasu Endo [national], JPN

Sporting relatives:

His wife Junko Hirose has represented Japan in Para judo, and won bronze in the -57kg category at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 03 Aug 2021; parasapo.tokyo, 18 Mar 2021; paralympic.org, 02 Aug 2020)

Other sports:

He competed in able-bodied judo at high school level in Japan. (2020.yahoo.co.jp, 20 Nov 2020)

2006 for Japan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

He began able-bodied judo in grade two of primary school, and took up Para judo at age 25. (sports.nhk.or.jp, 17 Jul 2019; number.bunshun.jp, 05 Sep 2019)

His friend's father coached able-bodied judo at a local youth sports club and encouraged him to try the sport. He then gave up able-bodied judo on the advice of his doctor. He was introduced to Para judo by a teacher at an acupuncture school for people with vision impairments. "He encouraged me to return to the scene after he discovered my sporting career as a judoka. I didn't really want to resume judo, but I decided to compete again for my parents as at that time it was close to the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing and my parents were looking forward to going." (paralympic.org, 02 Aug 2020; number.bunshun.jp, 05 Sep 2019; Nippon Challenged Athlete Radio, 19 Feb 2018)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (2020.yahoo.co.jp, 20 Nov 2020; Para Do Fuji TV, 24 Aug 2020)

Japanese cartoon character Edward Newgate. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

His wife. "She always reminds me that we should cherish the present time as time cannot be recovered." (paralympic.org, 02 Aug 2020; Para Do Fuji TV, 24 Aug 2020)

He received the Ehime Culture and Sports Award in Japan in 2008, 2015 and 2016. (ebc.co.jp, 21 Mar 2017)

General Interest

Classification
B3 (IBSA, 03 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016; number.bunshun.jp, 05 Sep 2019)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with glaucoma at age 17. He has low vision in his right eye and has lost the majority of the central vision in his left eye. (number.bunshun.jp, 05 Sep 2019; Nippon Challenged Athlete Radio, 19 Feb 2018)

Social Media

Team Instagram: https://instagram.com/harukajunko7171012/
https://twitter.com/d9gxyhrggpoqvfd

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
IPP:: Ippon

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